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Workshop

More Than Caring: How to Talk about Family Engagement So People Understand

Date
October 12, 2019
Convened by
NAFSCE
Presenter(s)
Marisa Gerstein Pineau
Location
New Haven, CT, USA
Presentation type
Workshop

Family engagement has always been an essential component of education, but there remain gaps in public thinking about its importance and the strategies needed to support it. This workshop guided advocates through recommendations on how to talk about family, school, and community engagement so that people will understand it, value it, and support it.

Issues
Education Families

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