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.
Family Engagement: Beyond Random Acts (The Quick and the Ed, 1/4/11)
January 4, 2011
The Quick and the Ed, a blog published by Education Sector, an independent think tank in Washington, DC, posted about Harvard Family Research Project’s new brief, Beyond Random Acts: Family, School, and Community Engagement as an Integral Part of Education Reform. Bill Tucker, author of the post, calls the brief “a must read for both educators and policymakers.”
Tucker noted that the definition of family engagement offered in the brief is a “a serious-minded effort connected to core strategies to improve learning.” He reminded his readers that integrating such engagement into schools “is not easy work” and that it requires the buy-in of a school’s entire teaching staff, as well as families. But the pay-off on such investment is evident, and there are “real, proven strategies for success.”
The brief, authored by Harvard Family Research Project, served as the foundation for panelists' discussions at the National Policy Forum for Family, School, and Community Engagement held in Washington, DC on December 13, 2010.
Read “Family Engagement: Beyond Random Acts” on The Quick and the Ed.