Accepting the Challenge: Supporting Early Childhood Education in Greenville, MS
This research brief by Mara Tieken, Joyce Parker, and the Greenville Early Childhood Collaborative describes an early childhood education collaborative in Greenville, Mississippi. Formed to raise early childhood education (ECE) participation rates and support high quality ECE programming, the collaborative consists of participants representing a variety of stakeholder groups: the public school district, the district-run […]
Solidarity-Driven Decision-Making: Enacting Equity in Partnering & Decision Making (Phase 2 Report)
This document elaborates FLDC’s transition from Phase 1 to Phase 2 of our work building solidarities across youth, families, communities, educators, and scholars in pursuit of educational justice and community wellbeing. In phase 1, we developed and “ground truthed” new theories and practices for engaging families and communities in decision-making and articulated a transformative research […]
What Does Partnership Taste Like? Reimagining Family-School Partnerships through Participatory Design Research
Read up on what partnership can look like in this FLDC published article, authored by Gerardo López, Almaida Yanagui, and Paul Kuttner (University of Utah). Here the authors detail their experience working in a collaborative where parents, educators, and family advocates engage in critically analyzing their current School Community Council at Salt Lake City schools. […]
Toward a Transformative Research and Practice Agenda for Racial Equity in Family Engagement (Phase 1 Report)
We are excited to present the first FLDC report, “Toward a Transformative Research and Practice Agenda for Racial Equity in Family Engagement.” This report is the result of a co-design process including organizers, practitioners, and academics at our 2015 and 2016 national convenings. Over the course of four gatherings, FLDC members worked to develop an […]
