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Providing teachers with more time and support to regularly share information with parents will help integrate communication into teachers’ already busy schedules. The authors also reviewed current parent and family engagement plans—required under Title I, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act—choosing plans from three districts in Colorado and three districts in Pennsylvania and highlighting observed trends. The Hunt Institute, “Intersection Webinar Recap: The Next Generation of Data,” October 25, 2019, available at http://www.

Bensalem Township School District in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, for instance, requires that the annual evaluation of parent engagement activities examines differences across all racial and ethnic subgroups and articulates the unique barriers faced by different families, such as limited literacy, economic disadvantage, or limited English proficiency.Some districts go beyond federal requirements and have tested new strategies for effective family engagement. The difference may be a result of the fact that the CAP survey asked about many more types of communication than school report cards and communication around academic progress.

Unfortunately, there is some evidence of a disconnect between schools’ and parents’ perceptions of communication. How Los Angeles Families Get Information About Their Children’s Learning and Academic Progress” (Los Angeles: 2019), available at https://www. By the 1970s, many retailers carried items that were oversized or billowing; they were designed to fit a range of sizes. Policymakers at the federal, state, and district levels need to continue to focus on increasing parent engagement, using communication tools as a lever.As a parent himself, Williams has put parents front and center in his school-home engagement strategy. ESSA revitalized these grants through the Statewide Family Engagement Centers (SFEC) program, which gives “financial support to organizations that provide technical assistance and training to State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) in the implementation and enhancement of systemic and effective family engagement policies, programs, and activities that lead to improvements in student development and academic achievement.

As a result, the authors use the terms “parent engagement” and “family engagement” interchangeably throughout the report. Learning Heroes, “Parents 2018: Going Beyond Good Grades” (Alexandria, VA: 2018), available at https://r50gh2ss1ic2mww8s3uvjvq1-wpengine.org/home/family-resources/safety/School-Safety (last accessed January 2020); National Parent Teacher Association, “Safe and Supportive Schools: 20 Questions Every Parent Should Ask” (Alexandria, VA: 2019), available at https://www. org/docs/default-source/files/advocacy/public-policy-agenda/2019/issue-briefs/issue-brief_family-engagement. Schools should use communication to build a community with shared values that will frame students’ eventual academic achievement. The authors of this report reviewed three plans from districts in Pennsylvania and three plans from districts in Colorado to gauge the context and specificity of their Title I parent and family engagement plans; identify any themes; and develop recommendations for improvement based on the findings of the online survey. gov/offices/office-of-discretionary-grants-support-services/school-choice-improvement-programs/statewide-family-engagement-centers-program/ (last accessed January 2020).

Although social media received some of the lowest value ratings in CAP’s survey, Principal Williams touted it as the most effective method for reaching a wide audience, particularly given Sidney Lanier High School’s high student mobility and the problem of frequently outdated contact information for individual parents. Jim Perry, a Republican from Kinston who represents two of the eight eastern counties asking Cooper to reopen more quickly, said the state no longer needs a one-size-fits-all approach to coronavirus.Epstein, “School/Family/Community Partnerships: Caring for the Children We Share,” Phi Delta Kappan 76 (9) (1995): 701–712, available at https://learn. Anne O’Brien, “What Parents Want in School Communication,” Edutopia, August 31, 2011, available at https://www.