Parent Engagement in ACT Schools

This paper explores evidence-based approaches to supporting students with complex needs, highlighting the critical role of families and partnerships in creating inclusive, effective school responses across the ACT education systems. The report of the Expert Panel on Students With Complex Needs and ChallengingBehaviour, also referred to as the Shaddock Report, recommended that in responding tothese […]

Educational Capital: Our evidence base defining parental engagement

This report, prepared for the ACT Government by ARACY, provides the evidence base that will inform future and ongoing policy and practices in ACT schools to maximise parental engagement.The report highlights the importance of a consistent definition so that parents and teachers have a shared language to talk about parental engagement, why it is important […]

Parental engagement in learning and schooling: Lessons from research

The Family-School and Community Partnerships Bureau commissioned the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) to identify evidence on the benefits of positive parental engagement, what works to promote positive parental engagement, and the strategies available to policy-makers wishing to facilitate such engagement. This report provides a synopsis of the published literature pertaining to […]