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General Session

General Session

November 4, 2025
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Day 2 begins with Harvard Professor of Practice and family engagement expert Dr. Karen Mapp, who will share what we know, given the extensive research on family engagement, about the powerful impact of effective family–school partnerships on students, parents, teachers, and schools. Dr. Mapp will discuss what we have learned from over 50 years of research about the critical role of home-school partnerships to support student success and school improvement. She will also highlight findings from her newly released book, Everyone Wins!: The Evidence for Family-School Partnerships and Implications for Practice.