Problem
Families rely on educators to communicate what their children are learning and how families can help at home. This necessary communication from teachers to families is often inadequate due to racial and cultural biases, in addition to language barriers.
School systems need the tools and support to effectively engage families in learning. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted this urgency.
School systems need the tools and support to effectively engage families in learning. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted this urgency.
Solution
Research shows that involvement from a parent or caregiver in at-home learning has more than twice the effect on student test scores than parents’ education levels or socio-economic status.
Our solution is to catalyze equity in family engagement to help students achieve academic, social, and emotional success.
Our solution is to catalyze equity in family engagement to help students achieve academic, social, and emotional success.
Vision
Authentic family-school partnership is critical to a child’s successful learning journey. This drives our work at Family Engagement Lab every day.
Our tools bridge classroom and at-home learning to raise student outcomes.
Family Engagement Lab helps students achieve their full potential by catalyzing partnerships between the most passionate advocates for children - teachers and family members.
Our tools bridge classroom and at-home learning to raise student outcomes.
Family Engagement Lab helps students achieve their full potential by catalyzing partnerships between the most passionate advocates for children - teachers and family members.
Mission
Help schools ignite the potential of millions of families to support their child's learning.
Values
- Family is a broad term that encompasses all of the individuals who love and care for children.
- All families want to see their children succeed.
- Ongoing communication between teachers, families, and students is critical to relationship building and empowering parental involvement in student success.
- Linguistic diversity is an asset to student learning.
- It is our moral obligation to ensure we acknowledge and find solutions to overcome cultural, racial, and systemic barriers so that all students can reach their potential.
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The Family Engagement Learning Series provides stakeholders with best practices, research and tools focused on a specific topic in family engagement.
Tracks are available for Teachers, School & School System Leaders and Family Engagement Champions.
Upcoming topics include:
- Meeting the needs of diverse learners
- How to navigate today’s new math
- Mid-year and end-of-year student and family check-ups
- The importance of early literacy
- Preparing for a new school year