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Hashim, Rebecca Johnson, Rachel Perera  \nMay 2025  \nThe COVID-19 pandemic has been tremendously challenging for students and families. Following disruptionsin critical social, health, and support services, families faced immense material hardships and emotional  distress. These hardships were often more acute for students of color, who were more likely than their nonHispanic and White peers to experience the death of a parent or a caregiver. The pandemic also had the effect of widening already large inequalities in student achievement.  \nWhile states and districts have spent emergency federal funding to help students recover from the pandemic, student outcomes and well-being remain worse off than prior to the pandemic and inequalities persist, making it imperative that districts continue recovery efforts. Cultivating and supporting family engagement is one way this can happen.  \nFamily engagement is a collaborative endeavor between schools, families, and communities that enhances educational opportunities for all students within and beyond school settings. This approach to partnership benefits families, schools, and communities collectively and aims to transform educational systems and communities to foster educational opportunity for all, rather than centering individual schools as the sole focus or entity of importance. Education leaders address systemic barriers that disconnect schools from communities, steering clear of deficit-based views that attribute school-family disconnects to individual attitudes, preferences, and behaviors. Families are equal partners with educators, valued for their strengths, assets, and leadership potential. Table 1 summarizes these key components of family engagement in relation to a narrower, more traditional perspective of parental involvement common to public opinion.  \nTable 1. What do we mean by family engagement?  \nFamily engagement IS…  \nFamily engagement IS NOT…  \n\n| Who benefits? | Collectively benefits district/school leaders, teachers, families, community members, and children\u003Cbr>Transforms educational systems and communities to create educational opportunities for all | Prioritizes school-centric goals over those of families and the community\u003Cbr>Only benefits families and students participating in activities |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| For what purpose? | Benefits students’ social, emotional, and academic development both inside and outside of schools, and from childhood through adulthood | Solely focused on student academic performance and test scores\u003Cbr>Limited to academic or behavioral problems of students when at school |\n| What is the expected role of families? | Families are equal partners with educators and valued for their assets, strengths, and leadership potential | Families are passive participants in school-centric activities and should defer to educator priorities and expertise |\n| How often should schools communicate with families? | Involves regular, frequent, and ongoing communication with families | Involves infrequent school-centric activities or communication to families |\n| What factors shape family engagement? | Shaped by institutional policies and systemic barriers that can make it challenging for families to access schools and that district/schools need to target for change | Shaped by the individual attitudes, preferences and behaviors of teachers and family members\u003Cbr>Depends on interpersonal preferences and relationships between teachers and parents |\n\nSource: Ishimaru, A. M. (2017) . From family engagement to equitable collaboration . Educational Policy, 33(2), 350-385 . [https://doi](https://doi).  \norg/10 .1177/0895904817691841; Pineau, [M.G. et](M.G. et) al. (2019) . Mapping the gaps between expert, public, practitioner, and policymaker understandings of family, school, and community engagement. FrameWorks Institute. [https://www.frameworksinstitute.org/app/](https:","cbCair82CnxNpOzA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCair82CnxNpOzA","pdf",2381102,"English","# Family engagement and post-COVID recovery\n## Context: pandemic harms and persistent inequalities\n## What family engagement means (and what it is not)\n## Benefits of family engagement\n## Evidence from surveys on school-based recovery efforts\n## Research gaps and barriers to engagement\n## Strategies for districts to communicate and build uptake","[{\"question\":\"Why does the brief argue that districts must continue COVID recovery efforts?\",\"answer\":\"Student outcomes and well-being remain worse than before the pandemic, and inequalities persist. The brief argues that recovery requires approaches that address systemic disconnects between schools and communities, including family engagement.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the brief define family engagement, and how is it different from parental involvement?\",\"answer\":\"Family engagement is a collaborative effort among schools, families, and communities that enhances educational opportunities for all students. It differs from a narrower, school-centric view by positioning families as equal partners and focusing on systemic barriers rather than individual attitudes.\"},{\"question\":\"What do survey findings suggest about family experiences with school-based COVID recovery programs?\",\"answer\":\"In spring 2022, analysis of 1,483 households found relatively low overall interest in tutoring and summer school, with higher interest among Black and Latinx parents than among White parents.\"}]","Family Engagement as a Long-Term Strategy for Continued COVID Recovery | PDF",1792056998,18]