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BIMONTHLY FAMILY ENGAGEMENT RESOURCES
December 2025- January 2026
Common Sense Media and Day of AI
This free toolkit features videos (some in Spanish) and "interactive activities to help families and educators explore AI together. These resources support age-appropriate conversations and build the skills that kids need to thrive in a digital world." Activity guides for families (some in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Mandarin), a slide deck for educators, an implementation guide for schools, and more are included.
Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, American SPCC
"This resource is designed to support open conversations, build trust, and empower your family to make safer, healthier tech choices—without fear or shame." It includes a digital safety checklist, tips for building digital responsibility, guides to setting parental controls on apps and games (Snapchat, Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, etc.), and more.
Nicolas Hulscher
A research study showed: "Students who repeatedly relied on ChatGPT showed weakened neural connectivity, impaired memory recall, and diminished sense of ownership over their own writing. While the AI-generated content often scored well, the brains behind it were shutting down."
Clare Morell, EPPC
"Research indicates that removing phones from the entire school day yields much more substantial improvements in academic performance.…This policy memo will give an overview of how a bell-to-bell no-phone policy can work and explain the critical factors for successful implementation: 1) distance between the phone and the student, 2) effective enforcement for violations, and 3) securing parental understanding and support."
Vincent Cho, Sergio D. Barragán, and Sofia Dueñas
Insights from this qualitative study "contribute to emerging literature on sociotechnical change in schools and highlight how apps such as ClassDojo can be leveraged to build relational trust, foster meaningful family–school relationships, and offer more equitable dialogue across languages."
Vol 35, No 2 - Fall/Winter 2025
Charles R. Davis, Ellen Moskowitz, Michael Plotkin, and Nichole Kelly
This practice brief compares some of the available texting apps as solutions to simplify and facilitate home-school communications, including those with AI-powered translation capabilities, whether on an individual basis or districtwide.
Vol 35, No 2 - Fall/Winter 2025
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