Building communities of trust: transforming family-school relationships

We talk with Dr. Ann Ishimaru of the University of Washington about correcting the power imbalance between schools and low-income families and families of color. We also discuss “learning loss” and why families of color are much more reluctant than white families to return to in-person learning as the pandemic eases.  Overview 00:00-00:42 Intros 00:42-01:47 Disjuncture between theory and practice in school/parent/community relationships 01:47-03:55 How we got here in the disjuncture 03:55-05:20 Why deficit-based narratives persist despite the evidence 05:20-06:49 Narratives based on class and race myths 06:49-10:53 Learning loss—what it is and isn’t; how it is measured 10:53-13:14 How definition of learning loss will impact stimulus money allocations 13:14-14:31 Options for how stimulus money could be spent 14:31-15:34 Overturning deficit-based assumptions about low-income parents and parents of color 15:34-17:18 How the pandemic has changed assumptions about family/school relationships 17:18-20:49 How the pandemic affected students’ social-emotional and mental health 20:49-23:31 How relationship dynamics have influenced groups’ willingness to return to in-person classes 23:31-27:16 Dual Capacity Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships—strengths and areas for further development 27:16-29:55 Communities’ funds of knowledge 29:55-32:48 Making the balance of power between schools and low income families and families of color more equal <...

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