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 Schools Family Engagement Policy
Research Shows Home-School Communication is Forever Changed
New data sheds light on lessons learned during the pandemic and how districts are shifting communication practices for the future.
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Afterschool Early Childhood Education Libraries Family Engagement Capacity Building
Pandemic Puts Libraries in the Forefront as Public Health Partners
With social workers and blood pressure screenings, Long Island library becomes ‘that community center that libraries are striving to be.’
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Early Childhood Education Family Engagement Libraries Schools Capacity Building
‘In This Boat Together’: Despite COVID, Libraries and Families Develop Tighter Bonds
Maryland Libraries Have Adopted Services That Offer a Glimpse into How New Family Engagement Practices Can Outlast the Pandemic
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Early Childhood Education Schools Family Engagement Policy Research
Striving for Equity for Young Children of Immigrants with Disabilities
Immigrants Who Have Children with Disabilities Often Don’t Know How to Navigate the Special Education System. Here’s How to Change That.
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