Making the Connection: A Guide to Involving Policymakers in a Community Dialogue on Education
Authors: Julia Guzman, Sue Mutchler, Diane Pan, Joyce Pollard
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This booklet will be helpful to you if you are
- Looking for a way to help people connect with their policymakers on an important education issue in their community.
- Organizing a community dialogue on education, and you want to know how to successfully include state policymakers.
- Considering how to make your next dialogue program even more satisfying.
This booklet is designed for anyone who is interested in bringing state policymakers and their constituents together to dialogue and deliberate about public education. It contains information about
- What community dialogue is,
- Why state policymakers should be included in dialogue with members of the communities they represent, and
- How to successfully invite and encourage state policymakers to participate in a community dialogue on education.
Throughout this booklet, we provide quotes from students, parents, educators and policymakers about their personal experiences participating in community dialogue programs on education.
Don't Miss This Opportunity
The U.S. Department of Education and its partners invite you to view the archive for
the webinar, Bringing it All Together: Family and Community Engagement Policies in Action,
which took place on November 16, 2011.
This is the ninth and final webinar in the series, Achieving Excellence and Innovation in Family, School, and Community Engagement.
This is the ninth and final webinar in the series, Achieving Excellence and Innovation in Family, School, and Community Engagement.
Related to the Subject
Family and Community Involvement in Student Learning
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