KQED News Mind/Shift – Zaidee Stavely
“The teacher home visit is making a comeback in California because it’s proving to be a good way for teachers to build relationships with families. The state now requires schools to make family engagement a priority, so more districts are turning to the Parent Teacher Home Visit Project in Sacramento that has been training teachers for years to visit students and families on their own turf. It turns out the low-tech home visit can radically improve what happens in the classroom. The mechanics of it, though, are deceptively simple.”(more)