About Family Engagement Lab
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. 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.
Family Engagement Lab catalyzes equitable family engagement and student learning by bridging classroom curriculum and at-home learning. As a national nonprofit, our work builds partnerships between teachers and historically underserved families by facilitating ongoing communication and collaboration about learning. Our signature tool, FASTalk, shares engaging, at-home learning activities via text messages in each family’s home language. FASTalk significantly increases equity in academic achievement, helping students the furthest behind catch up to their peers. Family Engagement Lab is experiencing rapid growth through partnerships with districts such as Oakland Unified School District as well as collaborations with leading education organizations such as the Louisiana Department of Education. The nonprofit’s efforts bring together a commitment to educational equity, research, technology, and practical experience in pre-K-12 systems.
School systems need the tools and support to effectively engage families in learning. 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.
Family Engagement Lab catalyzes equitable family engagement and student learning by bridging classroom curriculum and at-home learning. As a national nonprofit, our work builds partnerships between teachers and historically underserved families by facilitating ongoing communication and collaboration about learning. Our signature tool, FASTalk, shares engaging, at-home learning activities via text messages in each family’s home language. FASTalk significantly increases equity in academic achievement, helping students the furthest behind catch up to their peers. Family Engagement Lab is experiencing rapid growth through partnerships with districts such as Oakland Unified School District as well as collaborations with leading education organizations such as the Louisiana Department of Education. The nonprofit’s efforts bring together a commitment to educational equity, research, technology, and practical experience in pre-K-12 systems.
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
Family Engagement Lab helps 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.
- We must acknowledge and find solutions to overcome cultural, racial, and systemic barriers so that all students can reach their potential.