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Many factors can influence engagement, but clear and consistent communication about different issues—from academic progress to student behavior to daily logistics—is an important tool for building trust between parents and schools and increasing family engagement. At best, this blunt classification overlooks a wide range of ethical and essential forms of agenda-free psychotherapy that do not fit into such a binary; at worst, it effectively mis-categorizes ethical psychotherapies that do not fit the “affirmation” descriptor as conversion therapies.

In fact, many middle and high school teachers did not believe that parent communication was a central job responsibility. CAP’s survey design also did not allow the authors to test the strength of the respondents’ convictions. Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, “Statewide Family Engagement Centers Program,” available at https://oese. There are grade-level differences in the frequency and importance of different types of information, but there were few differences among parents by race and ethnicity or income. Fostering understanding and conviction: Learn how targeted feedback can strengthen relationships and hear from colleagues the value of receiving differentiated feedback.Policymakers at the federal, state, and district levels need to continue to focus on increasing parent engagement, using communication tools as a lever. As a result, the authors use the terms “parent engagement” and “family engagement” interchangeably throughout the report.

Houtenville and Karen Smith Conway, “Parental Effort, School Resources, and Student Achievement,” The Journal of Human Resources 43 (2) (2008): 437–453, available at https://www. State policymakers can also encourage districts and schools to prioritize school-parent communication, family input, and family engagement. This discrepancy may be one of the reasons why in Learning Heroes’ national surveys of K-8 parents since 2016, 9 in 10 parents believed their children were at or above grade level—a stark difference from the 33 percent of eighth graders who are actually considered proficient in math and reading. Of the six plans, the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) has the most detailed and comprehensive plan.org/article/90-of-parents-think-their-kids-are-on-track-in-math-reading-the-real-number-just-1-in-3-survey-shows/. The support that people receive would vary based on the exact behaviors they’re focusing on and the underlying mindsets that stand in their way of doing things differently.