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The Harvard Family Research Project separated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to become the Global Family Research Project as of January 1, 2017. It is no longer affiliated with Harvard University.
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 advance its policy vision, and forges alliances for sustaining meaningful change and building grassroots demand for quality early care and education programs and effective public schools.
The National Family, School, and Community Engagement Working Group premises its policy informing activities on decades of research that family and community engagement leads to increased student achievement, improved social skills and behavior, and increased likelihood for graduation. Its priorities for building a strong foundation for family, school, and community engagement include the following:
The National Family, School, and Community Working Group’s activities and publications are available from the websites of its individual members.
Working Group's accomplishments to inform policy include:
Members of The National Family, School, and Community Engagement Working Group:
Vito Borello
President
Every Person Influences Children (EPIC)
New York Parental Information and Resource Center
Anne W. Foster
National Executive Director
Parents for Public Schools
Erin Hart
Director of Strategic Alliances, Partnerships and Programs
National PTA
Anne T. Henderson
Senior Consultant, Community Organizing and Engagement
Annenberg Institute for School Reform
Catherine Jordan
SEDL Program Manager
National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools
M. Elena Lopez
Senior Consultant
Harvard Family Research Project
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Karen L. Mapp, Ed.D.
Lecturer on Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Heidi Rosenberg
Senior Research Analyst
Harvard Family Research Project
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Susan Shaffer
Vice President
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium
Director
Maryland State Parental Information and Resource Center (MD PIRC)
Steven B. Sheldon, Ph.D.
Director of Research
National Network of Partnership Schools
Deborah R. Stark
Commissioner
First 5 Alameda County, CA
Lindsay Torrico
Manager, Public Policy
United Way Worldwide
Heather B. Weiss, Ed.D.
Founder and Director
Harvard Family Research Project
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Lacy Wood
Project Manager
Afterschool, Family, and Community Program
SEDL
Nancy E. Hill, PhD
Professor of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Jacque Minow
Senior Education Policy Analyst
National PTA
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