Overview
Learning begins in families and continues throughout a child’s growth toward adulthood.
Family engagement is a shared responsibility of family members to contribute to a child’s learning and development, and of schools and communities to ensure families have the tools they need to support their children’s success in and out of school.
Global Family Research Project
● Provides leadership and a vision for how schools and other community organizations can improve family engagement efforts.
● Conducts research on the innovative and successful ways that policymakers, funders, and practitioners work toward more equitable learning and close opportunity gaps by reaching underserved families.
● Connects family engagement professionals with the knowledge and resources that help them strengthen partnerships with families to benefit children.
Featured Resources
Digital Media Family Engagement
Moving from Communication to Engagement: Unlocking the Potential of Underserved, Diverse Families
Learn how TalkingPoints, an educational technology nonprofit, is using AI as a strategic innovation for family engagement
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Digital Media Family Engagement Research
Using Media to Engage Families in Science
EDC explores how media are an effective way to motivate families with young children to do science together.
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Family Engagement Global Capacity Building
Family Agency and Voice: Designing the Next Generation of Family Engagement
Global Family Research Project, Omidyar Network, Ubongo, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), and the Early Learning Lab (ELL) engaged in a conversation with a broad audience about how co-design creates shifts in family engagement.
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Family Engagement Capacity Building
Family Engagement Game for Change
Learn more about our family engagement game for change and pilot the game in your own library.
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