family engagement
10 Strategies for Schools to Improve Parent Engagement
By: Jennifer Larson. The key to productive and positive parent engagement is a consistent and simplified flow of communication between school, home and all other stakeholders. Schools can take advantage of best practices to give parents more visibility into their child’s day-to-day.
Assume Good Intentions: Lessons for Responsive Family Engagement
Amanda Winkelsas shares the case for teachers, students, and parents to all be involved and lessons around positive family engagement.
Differentiating Family Engagement
Amanda Winkelsas discusses how we can do more in our schools and classrooms by preparing educators to differentiate family engagement.
Priscilla Chan Hired Superstars to Reinvent Primary Education
A look at the all-star team Priscilla Chan built to lead The Primary School and how they’re demonstrating the benefits of integrated health and education.
Families are Fundamental: Takeaways from The National Center for Families Learning Conference
Research shows that family engagement in learning has marked positive effects on learning measures across all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. How can we get more families engaged in their children's learning? This conference provided some fresh ideas.
EdNavigator: Supporting Families Through Education Wayfinding
EdNavigator, a New Orleans-based nonprofit, has developed an interesting and exciting strategy for helping socioeconomically disadvantaged families find the best educational opportunities available to them. Learn more about their approach here.
Creating a Culture of Collaborative Family Engagement
As the spotlight has shifted to the role that families can play in education, many schools are scrambling to identify a starting point for how to invite families into student learning. Here are a few good considerations to keep in mind.
Personalized Learning: Lessons to Get the Message Right
Interest in personalized learning continues to surge. But not everyone understands what personalized learning is, and people are often wary of what they don’t understand--so how we talk about personalized learning can either engage families or push them away.
Promoting Family Engagement: 5 Ways to Foster Meaningful Connection
There are many strategies that schools can use to keep families informed and involved. The key is to find the way to not only make an initial connection and build the “family to school” partnership but to engage families and continue to collaborate and grow together.
Homework or No Homework? Maybe We’re Asking the Wrong Question (Part 2)
By: Kristen Thorson and Erin Gohl. By reimagining homework, teachers have the potential to design purposeful experiences that transcend the walls of a classroom and build a solid foundation for learning. Homework can even feel like an opportunity for students and families.