Now More than Ever: Family Engagement is Necessary for Student and School Success

Dr. Karen L. Mapp's keynote presentation during the 2021 Summer Family Leadership University on June 10, 2021.
Despite over forty years of research linking family engagement to beneficial outcomes for students, educators, families and schools, effective partnership between families and educators has not been recognized as an essential and high priority component of teaching and learning practice. The purpose of this session is to reemphasize the important role that home-school partnerships play in the successful education of children and in the improvement of schools. The session will also provide tools to help educators reimagine their family engagement practice during and after the current COVID pandemic.
Presenter: Karen L. Mapp, Ed.D., Senior Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education