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From https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51967/can-inviting-teachers-over-to-your-home-improve-how-kids-learn

Can Inviting Teachers Over to Your Home Improve How Kids Learn?
by Katrina Schwartz
August 28, 2018

One of Yesenia Ramirez’s six daughters was reading at a second-grade level when she was in the seventh grade. The girl was having difficulty accessing the material so she acted out in class.

Then her reading teacher, Mr. Ford, visited the family at home. He listened to Yesenia Ramirez's concerns about her daughter and helped her develop an action plan; and everything turned around.

“It was the best gift I’ve ever received when it comes to my children’s education because he taught me how I needed to be an advocate for my children,” Ramirez said.

This experience inspired Ramirez to start the Parent Teacher Home Visits project training teachers around the country in the model. She passionately believes that home visits go a long way to build trust between teachers and families. Ramirez says the teachers she trains (in 20 states) are almost always hesitant at first, but she works hard to help them see the value in home visits.

Read the full article at https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51967/can-inviting-teachers-over-to-your-home-improve-how-kids-learn, and listen to the 22-minute podcast at https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/category/mindshiftpodcast/