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The Harvard Family Research Project separated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to become the Global Family Research Project as of January 1, 2017. It is no longer affiliated with Harvard University.
June 25, 2010
June’s issue of The Education Innovator, the U.S. Department of Education’s online newsletter that aims to promote innovative practices in education, features key insights from the National Family, School, and Community Engagement Working Group (Working Group) and Harvard Family Research Project.
The article touts the importance of a comprehensive, strategic approach to bringing families and schools together to increase student achievement in a time of widespread education reform. Noting that there is strong research evidence that parental beliefs, attitudes, values, and childrearing practices, as well as home–school communication, are linked to student success, The Education Innovator highlights the Working Group’s new definition of family engagement as a shared responsibility that spans across time and multiple settings.
The article also discusses setting priorities for a new era of engagement, empowering parents and families through accessible data, building school and district capacity, and the federal role in supporting family engagement.
Excerpt from the article:
Read “A New Era of Family Engagement” in The Education Innovator on Ed.gov’s website.