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Our researchers working collaboratively to develop novel, engaging, participatory, and culturally responsive ways to explore family engagement and leadership.

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Parent Leadership Racial Equity Peer Learning and Inquiry Community

The Racial Equity Peer Learning and Inquiry Community, funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, represents a partnership between the Center for Policy, Research, and Evaluation and four parent leadership and organizing groups.

The School/District Family Leadership Framework

This tool lists key conditions schools and districts should consider in order to provide the infrastructure, capacity-building, and relationships for meaningful and equitable family leadership.

Parent Leadership Indicators Project

With access to high-quality leadership training and development, parents can become powerful advocates for greater opportunities for children, and the family becomes a vital constituency for improved child and community outcomes.

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Parent Leadership Training Institute Evaluation

A program that enables parents to become advocates for children and focuses on parents as partners with agencies and leaders.

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Evaluation of Academic Parent Teacher Teams

An evaluation of Academic Parent Teacher Teams (APTT) in New York City middle schools.

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Organizing Family and Community: Collective Parent Action and Intergenerational Learning

This project, funded by the Spencer Foundation, explores how children learn and thrive when their parents and family members belong to parent leadership and organizing groups.

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Kentucky Collaborative Evaluation

The Kentucky Collaborative is a network of families, schools, districts, and community partners sharing a unified voice in advocating for family leadership and effective family-school-community partnerships.

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