“I’d Better Bring Home An A”: The Power Of Parent Expectations
This week, Bellwether staff share their perspectives on family and parent engagement. Follow Ahead of the Heard from now until Friday for a series of blog posts that tackle common misconceptions about...
View ArticleOne Area Where Parent Engagement Research is Clear: Early Childhood Education
This week, Bellwether staff share their perspectives on family and parent engagement. Follow Ahead of the Heard from now until Friday for a series of blog posts that tackle common misconceptions about...
View ArticleSimple, Streamlined, and Supportive: Engaging Even Reluctant Families
This week, Bellwether staff share their perspectives on family and parent engagement. Follow Ahead of the Heard from now until Friday for a series of blog posts that tackle common misconceptions about...
View ArticleBuilding Momentum For Family Engagement: A Q&A With Bellwether’s Jeff Schulz
This week, Bellwether staff share their perspectives on family and parent engagement. Follow Ahead of the Heard from now until Friday for a series of blog posts that tackle common misconceptions about...
View ArticleEducation is All Guts, No Glory for Some Parents
This week, Bellwether staff share their perspectives on family and parent engagement. Follow Ahead of the Heard from now until Friday for a series of blog posts that tackle common misconceptions about...
View ArticleAll Parents Have High Hopes: A Recap
At Bellwether, we spent last week talking about family engagement strategies and busting the myth that poor parents don’t invest in their kids’ education. Just in time, new data released today by the...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: Bellwether’s Aurelia Twitty
When Aurelia Twitty joined Bellwether in 2016, we learned about her 20+ years of volunteer service to DC-area schools and her commitment to educational equity. In addition to her role as executive...
View ArticleStraight Talk for City Leaders on Unified Enrollment: A Q&A with Shannon...
In many cities across the country, school application and enrollment processes are built like high-stakes obstacle courses, where families with the most time and resources at their disposal tend to...
View ArticleAre You a Presidential Candidate With a Child Care Proposal? Pay Attention.
As candidates put forward their visions for 2020, potential Democratic frontrunner Elizabeth Warren has chosen to make childcare a centerpiece of her campaign to rebuild the middle class. Warren’s...
View Article3 Things Head Start Programs Can Do Right Now to Improve Their Practice
Research tells us that, overall, Head Start has positive effects on children’s health, education, and economic outcomes. But there is wide variability in quality from program to program — and, as a...
View ArticleSilenced But Not Complacent: Limited English Proficient Parents
This week, Bellwether staff share their perspectives on family and parent engagement. Follow Ahead of the Heard from now until Friday for a series of blog posts that tackle common misconceptions about...
View ArticleAssets, Not Barriers: 5 Ways Teachers Can Connect With and Empower Families...
This week, Bellwether staff share their perspectives on family and parent engagement. Follow Ahead of the Heard from now until Friday for a series of blog posts that tackle common misconceptions about...
View ArticleBellwether’s Parent-Teachers in the Time of COVID-19
Here at Bellwether, we consider our people a big asset (we even made a video about how much we like working together). We fancy ourselves as a fun, smart, and high-achieving group committed to facing...
View ArticleHow Can Educators Evaluate Virtual Student Engagement During the COVID-19...
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, educators commonly assessed student engagement using student self-report measures, teacher reports, and observational measures. These measures work for in-person learning...
View ArticleBack to School: What’s Your “Magic Wand” Education Solution? (Part Four)
Join Ahead of the Heard for a lively back-to-school series expanding on Andy Rotherham’s original Eduwonk post, What’s Your Magic Wand?, featuring reflections on wish-list education solutions heading...
View ArticleTracking Parents’ Complex Perspectives on K-12 Education
Every policy wonk loves a good poll, and education policy wonks are no exception. Polls give added depth and dimension to an array of current (and shifting) public opinions, attitudes, and needs. But...
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