Cat Jones, a doctoral researcher at Warwick University, has published a new joint article on parental engagement in England. In this article, published by BERA, the authors Pallavi Banerjee, Luke Jackson and Cat Jones discuss the positioning of parental engagement within England's current educational landscape. They identify inconsistent conceptualisations of parental engagement across different policies and a one-size-fits-all approach that ignores equity issues. The authors make four recommendations, including calling for an explicit focus on engaging all parents and for quality teacher training that prepares teachers to facilitate effective parental engagement.
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