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Family-School Relationships Are the Missing Link in COVID-19 Era Education
A group of researchers from the Family-School Collaboration Design Research Project at the University of Utah provide 7 key steps to enhancing vital relationships with families during the COVID. “COVID-19 has made it more obvious that the public school system cannot fulfill its mission without families. This pandemic—along with the many overlapping pandemics our nation now faces, including racial, economic, political, and environmental injustices—has also heightened existing barriers between families and schools.”