William Hill is executive director of Rocketship Public Schools Tennessee. “It’s a great school. They have really involved parents.” That’s a comment I’m sure many of you have heard or said to ...

Corrected: This story has been updated to correct information about Parents Defending Education’s role in political campaigns. The organization does not endorse candidates. The Biden administration on ...

For decades now, communities, educators, policymakers, civil rights activists, philanthropic organizations, and others have launched numerous efforts to bring about improvement in our public schools.

Family-engagement practitioners and researchers say educators are adopting systemic and sustained efforts to integrate parents into the fabric of their schools—a welcome shift for advocates who have ...

One of the upsides of the country’s forced march into virtual learning was the increased level of parent engagement in their children’s education, much of it out of necessity. Parents, who prior to ...

3. Use shareable moments to engage meaningfully with parents One of the most effective ways of building meaningful engagement with parents is to create opportunities where they can see the impact of ...

In a first-grade classroom, teachers hand out alphabet letters printed on yellow paper and call out a word for everyone to spell. “Your first word is ‘any,’ ” a teacher announces. Scrambled piles of ...

Studies show that getting parents involved in their children’s education can help improve grades and attendance. At KPBS’s latest community conversation, education leaders in San Diego’s South Bay ...

Jesse Eisenberg is learning music alongside his son - and research shows that parental involvement in music education ...

With the onset of COVID-19, parents have stepped-up and continued to play an active role in their children’s daily education activities. Teachers, schools, and districts have put their best foot ...