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CARPE: Inclusive Schools and Improvement Methods for Equity
When working to improve human-centered outcomes like those in education and healthcare, a critical aspect of improvement is partnership with those who are most impacted by the system. While there is a range of roles that students and families may choose to play, schools should strive to create the conditions for authentic partnership. Intentionally building …
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Case Study: Cajon Valley Union School District
This case study from the Brookings Institute’s Playbook for Family-School Engagement describes how one school district strategically hired multilingual staff to serve as community liaisons and support family engagement. The case study describes the process for hiring these caregivers, as well as the district’s 8-week parent university, family-teacher teams, annual family engagement survey, and Parent Teacher Home Visits.
Case Study: EdNavigator
This case study from the Brookings Institute’s Playbook for Family-School Engagement describes how EdNavigator, a nonprofit agency based in New Orleans, uses creative strategies to connect families and schools. Strategies include developing “congratulations packets” to build trust between families and schools and using navigators to help parents make decisions for their students.
Case study: Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township
This case study from the Brookings Institute’s Playbook for Family-School Engagement describes strategies for supporting newcomer families, including dedicated liaisons, welcome packets, and monthly newcomer meetings.
Challenging Assumptions Reflection Tool
This tool is to spark a conversation about how our assumptions can influence our actions. Use it to examine ways in which we can question ourselves or others when biased or negative beliefs about families emerge.
Charting a Course to Equitable Collaboration: Learning from Parent Engagement Initiatives in the Road Map Project
“This multiple case study report represents the culmination of over a year of research by the University of Washington’s (UW) Equitable Parent-School Collaboration Research Project. The project sought to understand, document, and support promising district and neighborhood-based parent engagement efforts and indicators aimed at improving student outcomes and success within the context of a regional …
Citizen School: Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Program Model
Partnering with external or replicating high-quality afterschool programs provides students with opportunities for academic supports and enrichment that lead to positive outcomes. The Citizen Schools ELT programming model engages students in apprenticeships (that consist of hands-on learning projects) and activities to help students develop their organizational and study skills.
Class Check-in Survey
Check-in survey that students can fill out.
Classroom video library
The library includes video modules with lesson plans and teacher reflections.
Co-designing with Students: Presentation for Educators
This presentation from the CARPE College Access Network and HTH School of Graduate Education walks educators through the process of co-designing with students. Co-designing with students in the equity process and why it is an important part of the improvement for equity.
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