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Weiss, Heather B.; Lopez, M. Elena; Stark, Deborah R. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2011
This brief describes how investments in student data systems are taking family engagement and student achievement to a whole new level. In addition to addressing areas where a student most needs improvement, the data can serve as a catalyst for home-school communication. Parents benefit from having information about key indicators on which they…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Student Records, Management Information Systems, Information Systems
Caspe, Margaret; Lopez, M. Elena; Chu, Ashley; Weiss, Heather B. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2011
Since the 1997 publication of "New Skills for New Schools" by Harvard Family Research Project, the education reform landscape has changed dramatically, making it necessary to align teacher preparation and professional learning for family engagement with the goals of a twenty-first century education. Harvard Family Research Project is currently…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Educational Change, Best Practices, Educational Practices
Weiss, Heather B. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2006
This issue brief looks at evaluations of 34 academically focused summer programs in order to distill challenges and compile promising strategies for creating quality summer programs. While many summer programs face similar implementation challenges, each program has different components and needs, and not every strategy is feasible or even…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Development, Personnel Selection
Weiss, Heather B.; Bouffard, Suzanne M.; Bridglall, Beatrice L.; Gordon, Edmund W. – Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2009
One of the most powerful but neglected supports for children's learning and development is family involvement both in and out of school. Over 40 years of steadily accumulating evidence show that family involvement is one of the strongest predictors of children's school success, and that families play pivotal roles in their children's cognitive,…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Low Income, Economically Disadvantaged, Parent Participation