Fitler Foundation Impact Speaker Series

SET UP TO WIN

The Role of Families in Student Success

An Executive Conversation on Family Engagement

Dr. Tony B. Watlington Sr.Rep. Jordan HarrisDr. Lara Paparo
September 236:30–8:30 PMFitler Club · Philadelphia
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The conversation

Setting families and students up to win

How can schools, families, policymakers and communities work together to create the conditions students need to succeed?

Join some of Philadelphia's leading voices in education for a candid conversation about what effective family-school partnership looks like in practice, what is working, and what needs to change.

Featured speakers

Philadelphia education leaders

Dr. Tony B. Watlington Sr.

Dr. Tony B. Watlington Sr.

Superintendent of Schools

Rep. Jordan Harris

Rep. Jordan Harris

Pennsylvania State Representative

Dr. Lara Paparo

Dr. Lara Paparo

Executive Director, Penn Learning Network (PLN) at Penn GSE

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September 23 · 6:30–8:30 PM
Fitler Club | Philadelphia

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One Green Apple is building OPUS, a Family Engagement Intelligence platform designed to make family engagement visible, actionable and measurable.

Family engagement made visible.


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