This June, IEL hosted the annual National Family and Community Engagement Conference in Pittsburgh. With over 1,200 participants from all 50 states, the event lived up to its theme, “Owning Our Movement, Maximizing Our Impact.” It was the IEL’s highest attended family and community engagement event to date. The impressive growth speaks to the mounting momentum and evidence supporting the field. Through four plenaries, nine mini-plenaries, 80 workshops, and four site visits, participants learned and shared systemic solutions in key topic areas, including equity in engagement, early childhood education, and parent leadership and advocacy. LEARN MORE…