
Afterschool Family Engagement Research
New Study Confirms Benefits of Connecting Parents with Each Other to Build Social Capital
Structured, school-based events improve parent network quality and could be especially helpful for Latinx families.
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Family Engagement Capacity Building
Family Engagement Game Brings Theory Into Practice
The Family Engagement Game demonstrates a need for interactive and participatory strategies for practitioners engaging families across the ecology of learning.
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Family Engagement Early Childhood Education Libraries Capacity Building
A Holiday Letter from GFRP
We end the year with gratitude for all the hard and inspiring work so many families, schools, and communities are doing.
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Family Engagement Early Childhood Education Schools Capacity Building
Family engagement professionals become first responders, develop creative ways to connect with students and parents
As remote learning continues, parent coordinators take the lead in reimagining services to ‘meet families where they are’ and adapt to an ever-changing fall semester.
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Early Childhood Education Schools Family Engagement Capacity Building
Cambridge leaders launch math equity initiative
The city’s Family Policy Council is fostering community collaboration to build students’ — and families’ — confidence in math.
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Family Engagement Digital Media Capacity Building
Responding to COVID-19: Seven Practices to Guide Funding and Programming
STEM Next Opportunity fund reimagines family engagement in the changing environment of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Afterschool Family Engagement Schools Capacity Building
Science Museum Adapts Model to Bring Joy Through STEM to Families Hit Hard by COVID-19
The New York Hall of Science’s ‘hyper-local’ approach to family engagement builds ‘parents’ agency’ to support their children’s learning in STEM.
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Afterschool Family Engagement Digital Media Schools Capacity Building
Family Engagement Storytelling Project Stands at the 'Intersection of Media and Educational Justice'
Cambridge Agenda for Children’s Stories of Family Partnership offer a new approach to building capacity within the out-of-school-time community.
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Early Childhood Education Family Engagement Schools Capacity Building
Engaging and Supporting Families During Distance Learning
Learn more from GFRP’s Christina Simpson about what families want to know during times of uncertainty.
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Family Engagement Capacity Building
Sharing a Continued Commitment to Family Engagement
A letter from GFRP staff regarding continued priorities for family engagement.
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Family Engagement Schools Capacity Building
Schools Drive Positive Change Through Parent-Teacher Relationships
The design-thinking process can be a step toward learning more about the real barriers that keep families from engaging in their children’s education.
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Family Engagement Schools Capacity Building
Balance of Power
As schools grow more racially diverse, D.C. nonprofit Kindred gives parents a place to tackle bias and be equal partners in improving opportunities for all students.
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