Friday, April 2, 2010

National Family, School, and Community Engagement Working Group / Projects / Family Involvement / HFRP - Harvard Family Research Project

National Family, School, and Community Engagement Working Group / Projects / Family Involvement / HFRP - Harvard Family Research Project

Overview
The National Family, School, and Community Engagement Working Group is a leadership collaborative whose purpose is to inform the development and implementation of federal policy related to family, school, and community engagement in education. It is dedicated to mobilizing partnerships among families, schools, and communities to promote kindergarten readiness, improve schools, and increase student achievement.

Given the unique opportunity to transform education through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act and the pending reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the National Family, School, and Community Engagement Working Group serves to catalyze bold, innovative national policies and programs for effective family engagement and school-community partnerships that will ensure excellent educational opportunities from birth through young adulthood. It reaches out to partners to