Parents in South King County, after attending a symposium at Harvard University in July, are working to increase and improve the ways parents can be involved in their children’s schools.
A group of 68 parents, educators, district administrators and community activists from seven school districts spent four days in Cambridge, Mass., at Harvard’s Family Engagement in Education program. This is the second consecutive year that a delegation from the region has gone to Harvard. The group was organized by the Community Center for Education Results (CCER), a nonprofit that aims to dramatically improve student achievement in seven school districts through an effort called the Road Map Project.