The most powerful yet overlooked resource in schools | Heejae Lim
Emma Dorn et al. | McKinsey & Company, 2021 | Article
“COVID-19 and education: An emerging K-shaped recovery”
Research on how COVID-19-related learning loss impacted student learning and well-being, and how the learning gap widened even further between low- and high-income students. It also estimates the economic potential lost due to the learning gaps.
Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2019 | Article
“Carnegie Challenge Paper: Next Generation Family Engagement”
A compilation of articles that examines the history, current practice and future potential of family and community engagement as a critical component to ensuring lifelong success for all children.
US Department of Education, 2022 | Article
“Secretary Cardona Lays Out Vision for Education in America”
The US Education Secretary discusses his priorities to guide the Department’s work over the coming years for continued recovery from the pandemic and to improve America’s education system. Secretary Cardona highlights engaging families as core partners to educators as a critical strategy in the recovery process.
Center for American Progress, 2020 | Article
“One Size Does Not Fit All”
Highlights the importance of schools communicating different types of information to families through various communication channels to strengthen school-home partnerships and engagement.
Mapp & Kuttner and SEDL, 2013 | Article
“Partners in Education: A Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family–School Partnerships”
TalkingPoints’ platform bases itself on this framework, which was developed using the research on effective family engagement and family-school partnership strategies and practices. The paper presents the framework for designing initiatives that build capacity for educators and families to partner with one another around student success.