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Your Morning Boost - Studying the Bright Spots: A New Approach to Parent Engagement with Shaka Mitchell

From Your Morning Boost: A School Leadership Podcast · Hosted by

2025-09-09·07:19

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In this episode of Your Morning Boost: A School Leadership Podcast: On today's episode of Your Morning Boost, we welcome back special guest, Shaka Mitchell, a senior fellow with the American Federation for Children. Following up on yesterday's discussion about "the goal of the goal," Shaka now introduces a new leverage point for school leaders: "studying the bright spots. " He challenges the common educational practice of focusing on what isn't working and instead encourages listeners to identify and analyze areas where parent engagement…

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On today's episode of Your Morning Boost, we welcome back special guest, Shaka Mitchell, a senior fellow with the American Federation for Children. Following up on yesterday's discussion about "the goal of the goal," Shaka now introduces a new leverage point for school leaders: "studying the bright spots." He challenges the common educational practice of focusing on what isn't working and instead encourages listeners to identify and analyze areas where parent engagement is already thriving.…