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The U.S. Department of Education in partnership with United Way Worldwide, National PTA, SEDL, and Harvard Family Research Project have announced the second installment of their Achieving Excellence in Family, School, and Community Engagement webinar series. The webinar, A New Day: Family, School, and Community Engagement in Education Reform, will take place on Wednesday, June 30, from 1:30-3 p.m. (EDT).

While the first webinar in the Achieving Excellence series framed the discussion about family engagement as a systemic, integrated, sustainable practice to improve student performance, the second webinar will examine what these innovative and successful family engagement programs look like on the ground, especially within Title I schools.

Featured speakers are to include:

• Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana, Assistant Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education
• Anna Hinton, Director, Parental Options and Information, Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education
• Mishaela Durán, Director of Government Affairs, PTA National Office of Programs and Public Policy
• Barbara Scherr, Family Involvement Coordinator, Maryland State Department of Education
• Susan Shaffer, Director, Maryland State Parental Information and Resource Center
• Michele Brooks, Assistant Superintendent of Family and Student Engagement, Boston Public Schools

Click here to learn more, or to register to participate in the webinar.

ABOUT THE WEBINAR SERIES
The Achieving Excellence and Innovation in Family, School, and Community Engagement webinar series aims to provide opportunities for stakeholders representing national, regional, and local organizations to learn about family, school, and community engagement research and innovations, as well as best practices from the field. The series kicked off in April 2010 and will run through September 2011.