FamilyEngagementLab

Last week we marked our 10th anniversary bringing colleagues together to imagine our next decade of impact. Elisabeth & Vidya also led a session aligning #familyengagement with instruction. We couldn't be more grateful. #NAFSCEAssembly26 @NAFSCE familyengagementlab.org/

Two teachers in our summer planning sessions gave the same rating for how ready they felt to begin a new #familyengagement routine-their reasons were different. We’re asking what was essential, what could have been shorter & where they needed support. ow.ly/GZIB5104mnS

TODAY at @NAFSCE 2026! Join Vidya Sundaram and Elisabeth O'Bryon at the National Assembly for Family Engagement in Education, 3:15-4:30pm PT. If you're at the conference, come say hello!

Can teachers learn how to partner with families? The evidence says yes. As we wrap up the first phase of our fall research project, we’re asking what support helps teachers. #FamilyEngagement #k12Education familyengagementlab.org/blog…

Sharing what children are learning is one part of #FamilyEngagement. Drawing on 4 decades of literacy research, MSU's Patricia Edwards' piece describes families as co-educators & is feat. in the Sept issue of The How, along w/ new research. ow.ly/Eznk50ZYb5l #K12Education

One teacher in our fall research project used to hear back from two or three families in a class of 19. Now, when a message includes a clear next step, he hears back from 12+. Read more: familyengagementlab.org/blog… #FamilyEngagement #InstructionalResearch #K12Education

Researchers Jeremy Singer (Univ. of Michigan-Flint) & Sarah Winchell Lenhoff (Wayne State Univ.) summarize a decade-long study comparing attendance strategies. This is 1 of 2 research reads in the Sep. issue of The How: ow.ly/Cus850ZW75b #InstructionalPractice #K12Education

Our Co-founder & Chief Impact Officer @elisabeth_cady recently spent time w/ two elementary school teacher teams & asked "How can family communication become part of planning to teach?" FULL POST: ow.ly/bXa550ZW6SJ #FamilyEngagement #InstructionalResearch #K12Education

How do we help a new approach to #familyengagement stick when teachers’ days are already full? The goal is a routine that helps teachers extend learning beyond the classroom & learn from families. Read Elisabeth’s reflections from our work: ow.ly/zW9c50ZRCTl @elisabeth_cady

📍 San Diego, CA | Oct 28–30 | National Assembly for Family Engagement in Education 🎤 "Breaking Silos: Aligning Family Engagement with Instruction" - we'll dig into what it actually takes to connect family engagement w/ classroom instruction. EngagementAssembly.org @NAFSCE

Michigan is putting resources into something we believe: #FamilyEngagement is most powerful when it's connected to instruction, rather than a separate outreach effort. We’ll be watching this work as it unfolds. 📎 michigan.gov/mileap/press-re… #IntructionalPractices #K12Education

There’s a lot happening at Family Engagement Lab, from new research & what we’re learning w/ schools & districts to partnerships & conversations in the field. We’ve brought it together in our newsroom: familyengagementlab.org/news… #FamilyEngagement #ImplementationScience #K12Education

In partnership w/ @BEpodcastNet Pt 3 of our implementation series feat. Elisabeth O'Bryon & Illustrative Mathematics' Rayna Flye where they explore when instructional practice changes & how curriculum-aligned communication helps families. familyengagementlab.org/news… #FamilyEngagement

Rocketship Rise Academy's 3rd grade teachers, one of the teams in our #FASTalk Partnership cohort, created more than family newsletters for this Back-to-School season. They built a feedback loop: what sustained #familyengagement actually looks like. familyengagementlab.org/chir…

Our K-2 partner teachers at Center City Public Charter Schools' Brightwood Campus have successfully finished summer planning & are heading into their first family communication cycles. Follow along: ow.ly/sXQh50ZIXvj #FamilyEngagement #ImplementationScience #K12Education

A promising idea is only the beginning. That's what we're learning in our new research partnership with two DC charter school teams. 📖 More in this month's issue of The How: ow.ly/CNXc50ZHrnu #FamilyEngagement #EdLeadership #K12Education

Drawing on Family Engagement Lab’s work across 50+ FASTalk implementations, our recent blog follows two DC charter school teams as they prepare to strengthen learning-focused #familyengagement with routines meant to last through the school year. ow.ly/j3tU50ZGLh2

🎉 Our FASTalk partnership cohort is officially underway. K–3 teacher teams in the D.C. area will run research-based, instructional family communication cycles & we'll be learning right alongside them. familyengagementlab.org/chir… #FamilyEngagement #ImplementationScience #K12Education

🎉 Wishing students, families, educators, and school communities a strong start to the new school year. Here’s to a year of learning, connection, and partnership! #FamilyEngagement #K12Education

#FamilyEngagement Lab is proposing "Rebuilding Community Trust: A Meetup for K-12 Leaders"; an interactive convo about what builds trust, erodes it, & what it takes to rebuild. If this is a convo you’d like to see @SXSWEDU, vote by 8/23: 🗳️ participate.sxsw.com/flow/sx… #K12Education