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William McKenzie, an opinion columnist at The Dallas Morning News, discusses the Obama administration’s drive to get more parents involved with their children’s education. He examines why family engagement is important and offers advice on how to make the most of federal investments in parent engagement programs, with input from HFRP’s Heather Weiss.

Excerpt from the article:

Heather Weiss, who directs the Family Research Project at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, said during a recent telephone interview that four decades of research show us that "what families do is one of the strongest predictors of a child's success."

But, she emphasized, "the difficulty is how to translate that understanding into interventions that move the needle."


Read “William McKenzie: The new educational frontier” on The Dallas Morning News’ website.

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