Upcoming Google Hangout: “Family and Community Engagement Practices that Raise Achievement”
Scholastic will be hosting what looks like a very useful Google Hangout on family engagement. Here’s how they describe it: Wed, Oct 8, 5:00 PM – 5:40 PM Hangouts On Air – Broadcast for free Join us for a Scholastic Mini-PD session focused on “Family and Community Engagement Practices that Raise Achievement.” Through this 40-minute, interactive panel discussion, you will: 1) Learn about the U.S.
9-28-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": “Community Engagement: The Secret Ingredient”Community Engagement: The Secret Ingredient is a good commentary from the Annenberg Institute for School Reform that provides a good critique of much that is done in the name of “community-based” place-based-initiatives in education. Simply put, they tend to be foundation and pro