A family engagement primer
Here's a link to a Sunday Points interview that I did with Heather Weiss about ways in which parents can engage their children academically. She also talks about methods that districts and schools can use to reach parents. Weiss is familiar with what is going on around the nation since she studies family engagement as director of the Family Research Project at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.
I was particularly struck by the high-profile role that the Boston school district has given family engagement, including putting an assistant superintendent in charge of the effort. Weiss has made the point in previous
I was particularly struck by the high-profile role that the Boston school district has given family engagement, including putting an assistant superintendent in charge of the effort. Weiss has made the point in previous
