Learn more about why education is key to turning the tide and creating a safe sustainable world for generations to come in The Climate Reality Project's latest fact sheet, Climate Science Belongs in the Classroom.
The Guttmacher Institute is a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education. Click on the link to review their published article dated February, 2012 that includes statistics on Sex, Pregnancy, and Abortion; Reports on Sex Education; and School Health Policies and Programs.
The FAFSA4caster helps students understand FASFA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and the options to pay for college. This engine creates personalized estimations for federal student aid and other student savings that can be applied towards college education.
Gender responsiveness programming for adolescent girls. Offers procedures and issues to be aware of with this population.
The Story of Stuff Project provides a six session curriculum that helps teens explore the relationship between their faith and other things in their life.
Faithelement is a free online bible study curriculum to be used for youth and adults.
A national nonprofit organization helping families recognize and cope with depressive disorders to get people well and prevent suicides.
Families in Schools envisions a public education system where students have all the opportunities and resources necessary to succeed in school and in life. We seek a workforce prepared for lifelong learning, and active engagement in the civic life of our society. Guided by this belief, the mission of Families In Schools is to involve parents and communities in their children's education to achieve lifelong success.
This brief illustrates the needs of children in high-risk families and neighborhoods for quality after school programs.
A Family Educator Learning Accelerator (FELA) Toolkit offers an overview of our family engagement methodology and provides templates to get you started
Family Engagement on Education- Seven Principles for Success is a guidebook curated by the National Resource Center of Charter School
This family engagement toolkit, produced by the California Department of Education, was developed to provide districts and schools with practical planning and evaluation tools that support efforts to engage all families, particularly those of underrepresented and underserved students.
TASC created this toolkit to help school planning teams refine their family engagement strategies and clarify what they are trying to do, why, and how. TASC includes a definition of “family engagement,” specific strategies and tactics that are rooted in the research on what works, and a curated collection of resources. In addition, they have also created a review of research literature as a companion resource.
Engaging families in the casework process promotes the safety, permanency, and wellbeing of children and families in the child welfare system and is central to successful practice. Effective family engagement occurs when child welfare practitioners actively collaborate and partner with the family network, including maternal and paternal relatives and fictive kin, throughout their involvement with the child welfare system and recognizing them as the experts on their respective situations and empowering them in the process.
This resource from the Children's Bureau in collaboration with Child Welfare Information Gateway offers further discussion on family engagement as well as steps to achieve it.
Program staff can direct parents to this website designed for smart academic advice for helping kids in every grade and subject.
Are you inside with the kids today? Someone’s sick? Raining outside? Something else keeping you inside? This booklet provides 10 ways you can talk, read, sing, and play your way through the day—just with things you might already have at home. Pick and choose the ideas that work best for your child’s age and interests. And follow your child’s lead on other ways they want to play!
Family Support America is a national resource that dedicates itself to providing information and support for families and parents regarding child abuse, alcoholism, adoption, disciplining children, divorce, work and other family related concerns.
FSS is a program driven agency that helps support the lives of young children.
This PDF provides a model for creating student centered environments in schools and ways for schools to collaborate with its community to enhance student learning.
This application has drawing games, jigsaw puzzles, coloring doodles, all in a fun farm setting.