Biden White House Works to Boost Parent Involvement as GOP Scores Points on Education is from US News.
Effects of Family Literacy Programs on the Emergent Literacy Skills of Children From Low-SES Families: A Meta-Analysis is a new study.
What the Law Says About Parents’ Rights Over Schooling is from Ed Week.
Using Behavioral Insights to Improve School Administrative Communications: The Case of Truancy Notifications is another new study.
When Students Lead Parent-Teacher Conferences, Everyone Benefits is from Ed Surge.
The role of family in #SEL: https://t.co/Ta8lF76J6G
— PERTS (@pertslab) December 6, 2021
COLLABORATING TO TRANSFORM AND IMPROVE EDUCATION SYSTEMS:A playbook for family-school engagement is a pretty massive – and useful – publication from Brookings.
Here’s an accompanying video:
Language Barriers With Schools: Immigrant Parents Tell Tales of Exclusion is from Ed Week.
A Guide to Diffusing Charged Conversations With Parents is also from Ed Week.
Strengthening Partnerships with ELL Families: 15 Strategies for Success | https://t.co/UTtniziIkz #ellchat pic.twitter.com/gPV8nuvKNk
— Colorín Colorado (@ColorinColorado) December 3, 2021
Why Schools Can’t Talk About Family Engagement Without Talking About Race is from Ed Surge.
How to Support Your Child’s Social-Emotional Health: 8 Tips for Families – available in sixteen languages.
#DYK? Home language support is the foundation for developing English language skills. Find tips classroom staff and home visitors can use when they do not speak the languages of the children in their care: https://t.co/3lMreQ0Dsc #FamilyCaregiversMonth pic.twitter.com/aSvnATKgYe
— Office of Head Start (@HeadStartgov) November 22, 2021
4 Ways to Make Parent-Teacher Conferences Easier is an excellent new post at Edutopia that offers useful suggstions.
6 Ways to Communicate Better With Parents of Students With Learning Differences is from Education Week, and offers good suggestions for how teachers can better communicate with all parents.
How parents and educators can support healthy teen use of social media is from MindShift.
Involving a child's senses with texturized books and visual illustrations can be one way to encourage reading in children. Read our full guide for more tips on how to raise a reader. https://t.co/FtcCenfpH2
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 17, 2021
Supporting Young English Learners at Home is from REL.
EXPLAINED: What Is an IEP and How to Make Sure Your Child’s Needs Are Met is from Education Post.
Pandemic Parents Are More Engaged. How Can Schools Keep It Going? is from Ed Week.
How reading aloud can help you bond with your kids and make them a better reader is from NPR.
How Parents Can Have Conversations That Motivate Teens is a new piece in MindShift that could be helpful to parents and teachers alike.
‘Last Year Was a Wake-Up Call’: Family Engagement After COVID-19 is a new and good interview with Karen L. Mappe that appears at ASCD.
Teacher-Parent Communication Strategies to Start the Year Off Right is a new piece in Edutopia that I think educators would find helpful as we prepare for the new school year.
The School Leader Tool: Building Your School-wide Approach to Family Engagement is from The Flamboyan Foundation.
When a younger child seems to be struggling with depression or anxiety, it can be difficult to talk about it. Swipe through for some ways to help kids open up about tough emotions. https://t.co/ElDiQDR3x5
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 28, 2021
Blast from the Past: Updated ways to encourage summer reading. https://t.co/DhBuBNlgBl pic.twitter.com/arReXKIOBj
— Timothy Shanahan (@ReadingShanahan) June 26, 2021
In Seattle, wealthy families host lavish galas & Tesla raffles to raise big bucks for their children's schools. In less affluent neighborhoods, parents celebrate when they cobble together even $300. Should parent donations be redistributed between schools? https://t.co/y6DJIG14GR
— Neal Morton (@nealtmorton) June 16, 2021
#AskAREL
Q: Could you provide research on collaborative parent-teacher meetings?Read our response: https://t.co/wOgYv1AQgk pic.twitter.com/HSmGhSHzP1
— REL West (@REL_West) June 15, 2021
OPINION: How to make the most out of your Zoom parent teacher conference is from The Hechinger Report.
"Unfortunately, the working assumption of most parent training programs seems to be that the Black parents lack the expertise to contribute to conversations about parenting Black children." @pperiod @villageofwisdom @childtrends https://t.co/BpDuiWayMw
— Maria-Alicia Serrano (@RsrchSerrano) May 28, 2021
Great story. Fascinating topic. https://t.co/qbVDFSPqcd
— Alexander (@alexanderrusso) May 27, 2021
NEW RESOURCE: #Algebra Tips for #Parents and Caregivers! @WhatWorksED has a new guide for parents and caregivers to use when helping middle and high school students learn algebra at home. Download now: https://t.co/4Mh2pcXU3x #MathTips #familyengagement pic.twitter.com/wGUjErcy8j
— ASKNCELA1 (@ASKNCELA1) May 27, 2021
Honored to be interviewed for the @The74 by the great @small_asher. I always enjoy the opportunity to talk about the need for more public deliberation and parent and student engagement, but it was great to put it in the context of the quest for reopening schools. Check it out: https://t.co/ziqBQM1HpL
— . ℂ (@ProfJonCollins) May 20, 2021
Learning to read begins at home through everyday parent–child interactions, long before children attend school. Parents' continuing support of literacy development throughout elementary school positively affects their child's reading ability.
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— U.S. Department of Education (@usedgov) May 10, 2021
Video: I am still learning English myself. How can I help my child learn to read in English? | https://t.co/dg2izXADjc
— Colorín Colorado (@ColorinColorado) May 19, 2021
This video can be shared with Spanish speaking families. It discusses some strategies on how to help your children to read. She encourages parents to describe what they do during the day, to tell them personal stories, and to read with them for 20 minutes a day. https://t.co/AqZlcrMUku
— Literacy Essentials for English Learners_FCPS (@le4els_fcps) May 18, 2021
Here's a great new video about the power of home visits from Corpus Christi teacher Christine Price!
Teaching During COVID-19: A home visit that made a big difference https://t.co/QKL1dE1sLJ #ell #ELLchat @sharemylesson— Colorín Colorado (@ColorinColorado) May 17, 2021
NEW: Parent Communications Are ALWAYS a Priority. #mschat @NAESP #joyfulleaders #leadupchat #educoach
Amid all the other challenges of pandemic education, principal @ritaplatt has noticed an uptick in communication breakdowns between teachers & parents.https://t.co/iKOCfjdZkw pic.twitter.com/2umQWC5wub
— MiddleWeb (@middleweb) May 10, 2021
In this week's @TheAtlantic Homeroom column, @BPlatzer and I respond to a parent who takes issue with the anti-racist curriculum at his child's school.https://t.co/paDBtz5fWi
— Abby Freireich (@FreireichAbby) May 5, 2021
Inspire bilingual families to imagine, play, & learn together w/@NCFL's Families Learning Together guide. The guide, available in English & Spanish, provides a month’s worth of family literacy activities. https://t.co/PLvn0fC6Or #familyengagement #MultilingualAdvocacy pic.twitter.com/vjcEtzGGuN
— ASKNCELA1 (@ASKNCELA1) April 29, 2021