What Works Brief #9: Family Engagement
Author: Paredes, M., O'Mally, M., Amarillas, A.
Publisher: WestEd
Publication Date: 2012
Full text available online at: http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/1248
Description
How can schools get families involved in their children's education to achieve academic success? This What Works Brief provides research-based strategies for thoughtful planning, mentoring, encouraging open communication, modeling high expectations, and much more.
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From WestEd.org
This issue of WestEd's newsletter focuses on community-based work -- collaborations among community organizations, parents and other caregivers, schools, and public agencies involved in a local community -- to improve the lives of the children and adults who live there.
