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K-12 Dive
March 18, 2022
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4 best practices school communication experts are embracing to improve family engagement
Three experts shared the value of expressing empathy during polarizing times and getting to know families in a panel at SXSW EDU.

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Hechinger Report
March 17, 2022

Translating a quarter of a million text messages for families

One small town experiments with new messaging platform to reach families that don’t speak English at home

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RFF Shout Out: Family Engagement Lab
December 15, 2021

​Family Engagement Lab ignites the potential in millions of families to support their child’s learning with FASTalk (Families and Schools Talk) their premier engagement tool. FASTalk promotes equity and builds partnerships between teachers and historically underserved families by sharing accessible, impactful, and engaging, at-home learning activities via text messages in each family’s home language.

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Why Schools Can’t Talk About Family Engagement Without Talking About Race
November 17, 2021

​Family Engagement Lab Co-founder and  CEO Vidya Sundaram weighs in on how racism in schools is impacting families as well as students.

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FASTalk: Activating the Power of Families to Support Mathematics
September 28, 2021

​Family Engagement Lab’s evidence-based #FASTalk tool serves as an equitable approach to engaging families in mathematics. Read about their partnership with IM in this week’s featured blog post written by  Family Engagement Lab Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer, Elisabeth O'Bryon and Managing Editor, Megan Lorio.

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Clayton Christensen Institute. Family engagement reimagined: Innovations strengthening family-school connections to help students thrive
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September 28, 2021
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Schools and K-12 programs must evolve from communicating to families to engaging with families as partners in their students’ learning. Family Engagement Lab is featured in new research from Mahnaz Charania, PhD, of the Clayton Christensen Institute that reimagines family engagement.

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Parents Front and Center in their child's schooling
EdReports: 5 Ways to Engage Families Around Student Learning (and why you should!)

September 20, 2021


Family Engagement Lab Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer, Elisabeth O'Bryon and Lauren Weisskirk, Chief Strategy Officer at EdReports, highlight a range of strategies for school systems to leverage parental involvement to accelerate student learning and forge trust.

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July 2021

  • FASTalk is highlighted in the Overdeck Family Foundation blog on supporting kindergarten readiness and early school success.
  • Family Engagement Lab is one of the featured technology nonprofits in an article by FutureEd, highlighting that engaging families effectively and equitably in their children’s learning is no small feat.
  • Family Engagement Lab was featured in an essay and video supplementing the new report from the Carnegie Corporation of New York on Family Engagement: Embracing a New Normal: Toward a More Liberatory Approach to Family Engagement by Karen L. Mapp and Eyal Bergman. 
  • Kelsey Knox joins Family Engagement Lab's Board of Directors. ​Click here to read more about Kelsey’s experience or see the full announcement.

June 2021

  • Family Engagement Lab's Chief Impact Officer and Co-Founder Elisabeth O'Bryon penned an article for the Greater Good Magazine on how technology can support meaningful family engagement and promote literacy development, prosociality, and equity. 

May 2021

  • Family Engagement Lab's CEO Vidya Sundaram is featured in The Grade article: Parents Front and Center.
  • Zoom portraits - Carnegie Corporation of New York featured reflections from stakeholders in an upended education system.

April 2021

  • Announcement -​ The Overdeck Family Foundation Awarded Family Engagement Lab with a Two-Year Grant of $650,000

February 2021

  • Press Release - Illustrative Mathematics, Family Engagement Lab, and Partnership for Los Angeles Schools Collaborate to Support Family Engagement in Math

January 2021

  • Press Release - Family Engagement Lab Announces Appointments of Chief Impact Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Head of Partnerships

September 2020

  • Press Release: FREE Early Childhood At-Home School Readiness Program to Assist New Orleans Area Families with School Success

June 2020

  • ​FASTalk's impact in Oakland highlighted in Great School Voices
  • Press Release: FASTalk bridges language gap between parents and teachers during pandemic (Spanish version)
  • Press Release: Study Shows FASTalk Meaningfully Advances Academic Achievement, Significant
    Literacy Gains Observed
  • Press Release: Free Early Childhood At-Home School Readiness Program to Assist New Orleans Area Families with School Success

May 2020

  • Press Release: FASTalk Offers Summer Learning Tool to Extend Learning Time

April 2020

  • Co-founders Vidya Sundaram and Elisabeth O'Bryon featured in Thrive Global
  • Press Release: FASTalk Offers Expert Learning Tips and Resources to Maximize Learning for Families Without Internet Access

March 2020

  • Co-Founders Vidya Sundaram and Elisabeth O’Bryon were featured as Inspirational Women in STEM and Tech by Authority Magazine

February 2020

  • Co-Founder Elisabeth O'Bryon shares six strategies for supporting students and families, no matter what language they speak, in her article "Keeping the Family Close," featured in the February issue of Language Magazine (pages 24-27)

December 2019

  • Oakland Teacher uses FASTalk to Engage Parents in Student Learning (Tech & Learning)

November 2019

  • FASTalk Featured as a Top Digital Learning Strategy by Teacher in Oakland, CA (eSchool News)​
  • Family Engagement Lab Launches Learning Series for Educators (District Administration, THE EDVOCATE)
  • Family Engagement Lab Founders Featured in Fordham's Wonk-A-Thon​

October 2019

  • FASTalk Featured as Learning Counsel's "App of the Week"
  • FASTalk Wins Zaentz Early Education Innovation Challenge at Harvard

September 2019

  • Family Engagement Lab Co-Founder Featured on Two La Red Hispana Weekly Programs: La Doctora Isabel Gómez-Bassols and Dr. Eduardo Lopez Navarro.
  • Innovation Challenge Names 15 Finalists (The Sector)

February 2019

  • Family Engagement Lab team highlighted as part of the Oakland Literacy Coalition Member Network

July 2018

  • J-PAL North America Announces Inaugural Partners for Education, Technology, Opportunity and Innovation Competition (MIT News)

March 2018

  • Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley announces Greater Good Parenting grantees (Greater Good Science Center)

March 2017

  • As education goes digital, some parents are left behind (EdSurge)
  • How to keep parents onboard and informed using classroom tech (EdTech Focus on K-12)

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