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CHARA NIA , PHD  \nSEPTEMBER 2021  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nExecutive Summary 3  \nIntroduction  4  \nSeizing the moment for reimagining family-school relationships  5  \nThe market at a glance: Emerging innovations mobilizing family-school connections  6  \nFamilies as academic support to drive student learning  6  \nFamilies as guidance support to help students navigate out-of-school and postsecondary pathways  8  \nFamilies as informal mentors to cultivate and expand students’ career options  9  \nFamilies as a source of community for each other to promote student wellbeing  10  \nAnalysis: Five innovative strategies that rethink family engagement to improve student wellbeing and access to diverse education pathways  12  \n1. Leveraging technology tools for fostering connection—not just streamlining communication—can unlock the next frontier  12  \n2. Implementing two generation (2Gen) approaches that support families alongside  \nstudents can yield long-term academic, social, and economic benefits  13  \n3. Enlisting families as participants in learning ecosystems can support anytime, anywhere learning  14  \n4. Connecting families to one another can scale students’ access to supports  15  \n5. Investing in new metrics for family engagement can be a game-changer in driving student success  16  \nConclusion  18  \nAcknowledgements  19  \nNotes  20  \nAbout the Institute, About the author  24  \nC HR IST E NS E N INST IT UT E : FA MI LY E N GAG E ME NT R E I MAG I NE D 2  \nEXECUTIVE SUMMARY  \nDuring the 2020-21 school year, schools and families learned in particularly dramatic ways that they can’t effectively support students without being in partnership with one another. Every family faced its own unique challenges navigating distance learning, and many schools had to create new family communication strategies on the fly. While school-driven efforts have been herculean, results have been uneven at best. As many schools have come to realize, communication doesn’t beget connection—to effectively meet the needs of students and their families, two-way engagement far exceeds  \none-way communication.  \nFor schools committed to creating and sustaining equitable learning environments for students, finding ways to value and cultivate theresources inherent within families is no longer a nice-to-have. Effective family engagement hinges on trust and reciprocity between families and schools, not simply disseminating information.  \nFortunately, a host of programs and technology tools are helping schools leverage the untapped potential of families. When integrated within robust family engagement strategies, these programs and tools aim to strengthen the agency of both families and educators as partners in supporting students. These models feature families serving as:  \n• academic support to drive student learning,  \n• guidance support to help students navigate out-of-school and postsecondary pathways,  \n• informal mentors to cultivate and expand students’ career options, and  \n• sources of community for each other to promote student wellbeing. As they adopt and adapt these emerging approaches, K–12 leaders have a tremendous opportunity to activate the latent social capital within families to improve students’ experiences and outcomes. Whether they succeed depends on where and how schools activate family networks, and for what purposes. This paper details five emerging opportunities for leaders to explore:  \n• Leveraging technology tools to foster connections and build trust with families can dramatically improve the quality of partnership between families and schools.  \n• Designing family engagement efforts that support families alongside students can deliver long-term social capital gains for students.  \n• Enlisting families as partners within students’ learning ecosystems can open up access to extracurricular, postsecondary, and career pa","cbCais36hKpz487g","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCais36hKpz487g","pdf",3617928,25,"English","# Executive Summary\n## Introduction\n# Seizing the moment for reimagining family-school relationships\n# The market at a glance: Emerging innovations mobilizing family-school connections\n## Families as academic support to drive student learning\n## Families as guidance support to help students navigate out-of-school and postsecondary pathways\n## Families as informal mentors to cultivate and expand students’ career options\n## Families as a source of community for each other to promote student wellbeing\n# Analysis: Five innovative strategies that rethink family engagement to improve student wellbeing and access to diverse education pathways\n## Leveraging technology tools for fostering connection—not just streamlining communication—can unlock the next frontier\n## Implementing two generation (2Gen) approaches that support families alongside students can yield long-term academic, social, and economic benefits\n## Enlisting families as participants in learning ecosystems can support anytime, anywhere learning\n## Connecting families to one another can scale students’ access to supports\n## Investing in new metrics for family engagement can be a game-changer in driving student success\n# Conclusion\n# Acknowledgements\n# Notes\n# About the Institute, About the author","[{\"question\":\"Why does the report emphasize two-way engagement instead of one-way communication?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that communication alone does not create connection. 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