While each of the six organizations—Advance Illinois, Council for a Better Louisiana, The Education Trust-New York, Expect More Arizona, Ohio Excels and Tennessee SCORE— developed a unique project to inform and engage families in their state around assessment and accountability issues, there were shared learnings across projects. This is noteworthy as the conditions (political, and otherwise) in each of the states was quite different and yet, there were common themes.
Editorial: COVID-19 and education: A Q&A with Kris Amundson and Sandy Boyd
In this Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial piece, authors Pamela Stallsmith and Chris Gentilviso talk to Seek Common Ground CEO Sandy Boyd and former chair of the Fairfax County School Board Kris Amundson about education and the challenges they’re facing with COVID-19.
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Press Release: Seek Common Ground and Student Achievement Partners Announce Release of Family Guides for 2020-21
Opinion: Pandemic Is Strengthening the Home-School Connection. How Education Nonprofits Are Boosting Family Engagement to Help Kids Succeed
Authored by Ambika Kapur and Laverne Srinivansan, this opinion piece from the 74 features the Family Guides created by Seek Common Ground and Student Achievement Partners.
Press Release: Families and Communities Key to Assessment and Accountability Decisions During the Pandemic School Year
Press Release: New COVID-19 Recovery Action Accelerator Focused on Elevating Voices in School Reopening Plans Launched.
Carnegie's Challenge Paper: Next Generation Family Engagement
Seek Common Ground Board Member, Nate Bowling, is featured on the cover of Carnegie Corporation’s new report on transformative family engagement (photo credit: Chris Barron). Also accompanying the report is the essay written by Sandy Boyd and Michael Gilligan that first appeared in the 74 ,“From Traditional Campaigns to Building A Movement: The Evolution of Family am Community Engagement-Based Advocacy”
