Family-School Engagement Resources

Organizations

• Global Family Research Project
  Strengthening family, school, and community partnerships, early childhood care and education. Promoting evaluation and accountability, and offering professional development to those who work directly with children, youth, and families.
• National Network of Partnership School
  NNPS invites schools, districts, states, and organizations to join together and use research-based approaches to organize and sustain excellent programs of family and community involvement that will increase student success in school.
• Project Appleseed
  A nonprofit resource, advocate, and voice for families, in the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness, by means of a quality education in America’s public schools.
• School Parent Compact
  Linking family engagement to school improvement plans.
• The School Community Network (SCN)
  Provides resources, training, and tools for building strong school communities focused on student learning.
• FAST
  Families and schools together

Research Articles, Publications and Handouts

• Family Math Night and ESEA - What the Research Says
• 8 Benefits to Hosting a Family Math Night event
• Helping Your Child in the Area of Math Handout
• Parent Toolkit
  A toolkit to help parents navigate their child’s journey from pre-kindergarten through high school and designed to help keep track of and support progress at each stage.
• Partners in Education - A Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships
  Addresses current challenges faced by schools in building family-school partnerships, the necessary conditions for successfull family-school initiatives, and desired outcomes for school, staff and families.
• Understanding Assessment: Resources for Parents
  A list of resources to help families understand various uses of assessment in schools, what questions to ask, and how to help children prepare for tests.