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September 30, 2020

Blog: College and Beyond

“For many years…Dan Bisig has been providing timely advice to parents and students about college scholarships, career identification, college selection, application and essay review, college admissions timelines, test prep, college funding and much more....

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September 3, 2020

How do families of young children teach early math concepts at home? A Research review from Purdue University

In this review of research from Purdue University, they share what they found by looking at large scale, long-term studies to identify the strongest predictors of children’s mathematics achievement. Their paper includes a summary...

Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Schools / Middle & High School / Recommended Reading / Uncategorized

August 12, 2020

The Process Through Which Family Engagement Leads to Positive Student Outcomes

Dr. Kathleen Hoover-Dempsey and Dr. Howard Sandler from Vanderbilt University developed a visual to explain their theory about the process through which family engagement leads to positive student outcomes. This visual is based on...

Front Cover of Flamboyan Foundation Beginning of Year Relationship Building Strategy Guide for Educators

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August 11, 2020

Four Ways to Build Relationships with Families At the Beginning of the School Year

In order to support families in their “5 essential roles to accelerate learning,” the Flamboyan Foundation has developed a 23 page guide focusing on four big ways educators can build strong relationships with families...

Hawaii 2020 Family Engagement Guide for Educators

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July 31, 2020

“Virtual Family Engagement” Toolkit for Educators

This support guide developed by the Hawaii Statewide Family Engagement Center is designed to provide a foundation on how to connect with families in the new learning landscape. It describes and provides examples of...

Communication / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Schools / Middle & High School / Recommended Reading

June 23, 2020

Article: How Discrimination Shapes Parent-Teacher Communication

This article from The Atlantic discusses Dr. Cherng’s research on teachers’ communication practices with families. “Relying on a sample of about 10,000 predominantly public high-school sophomores, their parents, and teachers from the Education Longitudinal...

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June 15, 2020

Low Cost Attendance Intervention Involving Families

This article from the Harvard Graduate School of Education contains insight from research into low-cost interventions schools can use to work with families as allies to improve student attendance in the early grades. One...

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June 1, 2020

Family Engagement as a Critical Practice for Anti-bias Education: Training for Schools from Tolerance.org

This self-guided learning website for educators from tolerance.org includes 4 sections on family and community engagement. “Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—who work with children from kindergarten through high...

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April 28, 2020

Supporting Learning at Home: Resources for English Language Learners and Immigrants from Colorín Colorado

“Envision the strengths of families and work from that knowledge as you respond to this crisis.” – English Language Learning Administrator, Kristina Robertson The Colorín Colorado website is dedicated to helping young English language...

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