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Home Products Research in Brief: Engaging and Empowering Diverse and Underserved Families in Schools
This brief, requested by the Arizona Department of Education, presents a narrative synthesis and is based on a partial review of the relevant literature on strategies for engaging and empowering families in their children's learning and development. The brief also summarizes lessons learned from research and offers recommendations for how local education agencies can collaborate with families. Key sections include: (1) Research on family engagement, (2) Strategies to increase empowerment among diverse groups of families, and (3) Parent advisory councils for empowering diverse groups of families
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Early Childhood Education, Family Environment, Family Involvement, School Readiness, Social Emotional Learning, Student Characteristics, Student DiversityResource Information
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Date: September 2021
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