Abandoning a discourse of poverty to develop equitable educational practices through family school partnerships

G Baxter, D Toe - Educational Review, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A discourse of poverty can influence teachers' perceptions towards and ways of
supporting parents' engagement in their children's learning. In 2021, Goodall invited us to …

Family school partnership discourse: Inconsistencies, misrepresentation, and counter narratives

G Baxter, A Kilderry - Teaching and Teacher Education, 2022 - Elsevier
Fostering families' connectedness to their children's learning has become a focus for
schools, based on growing evidence that family engagement positively influences student …

(Re) framing teachers' family engagement practice as cultural work

G Baxter, A Nolan - Pedagogy, Culture & Society, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Family engagement in children's learning is an evidence-based approach supporting
student learning. This study examines four primary school teachers' family engagement …

Families, Schools and Communities: New Trends for a Future with Equity.

A Villas-Boas - International Journal About Parents in …, 2013 - search.ebscohost.com
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The power of parent engagement: Sociocultural considerations in the quest for equity

P Fenton, L Ocasio-Stoutenburg, B Harry - Theory Into Practice, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This article explores the difference between parental involvement, where parents' activity
levels at school are primarily structured by schools, and parental engagement, where …

Parents and teachers working together

G Mann, K Fleming, J Specht… - Inclusive Education for …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Productive partnerships between parents and teachers consistently lead to better academic
and social outcomes for students including those who experience disadvantage linked to …

[PDF][PDF] Embracing a new normal: Toward a more liberatory approach to family engagement

KL Mapp, E Bergman - Carnegie Corporation, 2021 - thelearningcommunity.com
Our goal is to motivate a transparent, honest, and thoughtful interrogation of what stands in
the way of authentic partnerships between families and schools and to show the way toward …

Parental engagement and deficit discourses: Absolving the system and solving parents

J Goodall - Educational Review, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper asks a series of questions to prompt critical, informed thinking around research
and practice in relation to parental engagement with children's learning. The questions ask …

[PDF][PDF] Models of school-family relations

CS Graff, B Sherman - Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education, 2020 - eduspirit.org
For educators located in the Global North or South what it means to work with families in
inclusive settings is often a reflection of fundamental conceptions of the very nature of …

'You want the best for your kids': improving educational outcomes for children living in poverty through parental engagement

D Sime, M Sheridan - Educational Research, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Existing evidence suggests a relationship between family social contexts,
family relationships and interactions, children's social and cognitive development and …