The most powerful yet overlooked resource in schools | Heejae Lim
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A Parent Teacher Conference - What Can I Do?
Research says for a student to do well, a family's engagement is more important than that family's wealth. A parent is a child's first teacher and children spend 80% of their waking hours outside the classroom. When families and schools work together, everyone wins. Students are supported, families are empowered and teachers jobs just become that much easier. Last year, the US spent nearly $700 billion on school-aged education.
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