Usable Knowledge What You Can Do To keep families involved once school is back in person Posted September 16, 2021 By Usable Knowledge Disruption and Crises Families and Community In the inaugural interview for the What You Can Do series, Harvard Graduate School of Education senior lecturer Karen Mapp, an expert on family and school partnerships, offers suggestions for how educators can keep families connected to the school, especially after so many valued the deeper ties they had to teachers and coursework during the pandemic, when they essentially became co-teachers. An important first step, Mapp says, is making it very clear to families that they are a valued part of the school. Other videos in the What You Can Do series: What You Can Do ... to Make the Most of Your College Year What You Can Do ... to Help Anxious Students What You Can Do ... to Bring Multicultural Texts to the Classroom Usable Knowledge Connecting education research to practice — with timely insights for educators, families, and communities Explore All Articles Related Articles EdCast Combatting Chronic Absenteeism with Family Engagement As post-COVID absenteeism rates continue unabated, a look at how strong family-school engagement can help Usable Knowledge What You Can Do How schools and parents can help anxious students. News Bridging the Gap Between Home and School At her school in Okayama, Japan, master's student Mari Sawa innovates by involving the whole family in literacy instruction