Welcome to Family Engagement Solutions

We offer administrators, educators and advocates detailed information and resources on family engagement programs that have been vetted by National PTA and our expert partners.

About Family Engagement Solutions

Family Engagement Solutions is a free hub for educators, district and school leaders and families to find evidence-based family engagement programs. Brought to you by National PTA, in partnership with Johns Hopkins University, these programs all meet the Every Student Succeeds Act’s (ESSA) evidence standards of being at least promising/Tier 3 in their impact.

Connection between evidence-based family engagement programming and student success

Rigorous evaluation to prove effectiveness of programming

Adaptive programming to fit the context of each unique community

Our Impacts

Our Mission

Family Engagement Solutions is a free hub to find detailed evidence and resources on effective family engagement programs. We offer a variety of materials, including a catalogue of programs and detailed reviews to make the choice easier. 

At National PTA, the nation’s largest and oldest child advocacy association, we believe that every strategy to accelerate learning should include families, especially given the unprecedented learning loss caused by the pandemic. For too long, family engagement has not been leveraged for the potential it has to impact our students. However, exemplary programs prove that real outcomes, such as dramatically improved attendance and academic engagement, are possible when schools are intentional about using limited budgets on proven strategies to engage families.

Outcomes from Some of Our Featured Programs
fewer absences
0 %
reduction in chronic absenteeism
0 %
reduction in high schoolers failure to earn course credit
0 %
less likely to develop mental health problems
0 %
additional months of reading growth
0
additional months of math growth
0
return on investment
4:

Featured Programs

TalkingPoints

TalkingPoints is the only universally designed, tech-enabled family engagement solution that drives student outcomes through scalable, research-based best practices for family-school partnerships.

Family Engagement Lab's FASTalk

Family Engagement Lab’s FASTalk program facilitates family-school communication by supporting educators to use a texting platform that recommends at-home activities aligned to their classroom instruction.

Parent Teacher Home Visits

Parent Teacher Home Visits provides training and support for educators to implement a structured model of relationship-building home visits with families.

Find a Program

Whether you are looking for a program with a specific impact – from better attendance to increased reading achievement – or a program for specific schools or students, this searchable repository is here to meet your needs.

Testimonials

Orci a scelerisque. Facilisis leo vel fringilla est ullamcorper eget nulla facilisi etiam. Diam in arcu cursus euismod quis viverra nibh cras. 
John Doe
Teacher
Vivamus arcu felis bibendum ut. Nulla facilisi morbi tempus iaculis urna id volutpat lacus laoreet. Venenatis cras sed felis eget velit aliquet sagittis id consectetur.
Jane Doe
Student
Magna fermentum iaculis eu non diam phasellus vestibulum. Arcu ac tortor dignissim convallis aenean et. Feugiat scelerisque varius morbi enim.
John Doe
Parent

Interested in learning more about evidence-based family engagement programs and the policies that support them?

Check out these resources from National PTA and other leading family engagement organizations around the country.

Want to Learn More?

Contact Us!

Name(Required)
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Support for Family Engagement Solutions was provided by grants from Carnegie Corporation of New York and Overdeck Family Foundation.

National PTA does not endorse any commercial product, service or entity. No endorsement of specific programs or providers is implied.