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02/05/2025

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11/11/2024

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11/10/2023

𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫!

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲" 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟐:𝟏𝟓𝐂𝐒𝐓.

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05/23/2023

𝘽𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙗 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙜.
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𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐬
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐲 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬: 𝐈𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐛 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟕–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑)
Sam Redding

𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐲
Carlas McCauley, Julie Webb, Suzanne Abdelrahim, and Soha Mahmoud-Tabana

𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜
Cory Buxton, Kathryn McIntosh, Barbara Ettenauer, and Karen Thompson

𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲: 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥–𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
Kathy R. Fox

𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐆𝐄: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬
Dominic Siami Egure, Katherine Curry, Ashlyn M. Fiegener, Younglong “Rachel” Kim, and Bodunrin Akinrinmade

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬
Zha Blong Xiong, Malina Her, and Cahya Yunizar

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥:
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Galit Agam Ben Artzi and Alicia Greenbank

𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
Yael Grinshtain and Gal Harpaz

𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬’ 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧
𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
Carla Solvason, Nicola Watson, Jaimie Emily Tillsley, and Daniel Bizarro Correia

𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫
𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Saterah Bigham and Sara C. McDaniel

𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧: 𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡
Hiba Chehaib, Liliana Rodríguez-Campos, and Anjanette Todd

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬’ 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬
Tasha Seneca Keyes and Ryan D. Heath

“𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐟, 𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐜é”—𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐱 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥
Kelley Mayer White and Kelly Vossler

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐬! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲–𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞
Rebecca Bauer

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐀 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞: 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥–𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲–𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
Catherine Dunn Shiffman

05/27/2022

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𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓'𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔:
What wonderful variety this issue holds! We begin with a literature review by Cyr and her co-authors, who situated past and present research within three “logics” or values systems. Next, the father and son duo of Strom and Strom and their colleagues tapped middle school student voices to inform tutoring solutions to literacy needs, including peer teaching and cooperative learning. Meanwhile, Skelley, Stevens, and Bailey-Tarbett investigated afterschool tutors use of culturally responsive teaching practices.
In England, Jones studied how secondary school leaders and staff understand and interpret the role of parents at that level. Although Solvason and Winwood are also based in the United Kingdom, their survey of professionals teaming on behalf of children provided insights applicable across the globe.
Remillard and Moist worked with undergraduates to provide math workshops for families and studied the effects on the preservice teachers. Hine focused on the ways different types of communication may affect different parent populations. Next, Rizutto and Steiner examined the use of transformative read-alouds to create a positive sense of community within the multicultural early childhood classroom.
Schuck and colleagues surveyed parents of young children with autism, with results that may help focus future engagement work. Syeda and Bruck described the results for parents and teachers who attended autism-focused trainings together in Australia—a promising practice. Then Huss pointed our attention to the accessibility of high school websites, indicating many needed improvements; this is one aspect of creating a welcoming environment for families and community members that is often overlooked.
Next, Krijnen and co-authors explained for us a plan to involve parents in shared vision development, as well as the perils in the process. Gibbons and MacLauchlan offered a hopeful outlook from a Guatemalan school, even in the throes of the pandemic. Chatenoud and Odier-Guedj offered a colorful and expanded model for cultivating partnerships with families of students with disabilities. Finally, Martinez-Alba reviews the book, A Librarian’s Guide to Engaging Families in Learning for us. I wish you all happy reading!

𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐢 𝐆. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬
𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐

05/05/2022

02/24/2022

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01/19/2022

If you are a parent or educator, be sure to sign up for our "Families Persevere" webinar on January 27th!
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01/12/2022

Be sure to read the latest School Community Network Spotlights! Great resources for Schools and Parents! https://www.schoolcommunitynetwork.org/spotlights.aspx