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Research on inclusive and equitable FSCE practices and partnerships

Family, school, and community partnerships are critical to ensuring schools and learning institutions are supporting young people to learn, thrive, and reach their full potential. In 2018, the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at Brookings launched the Family, School, and Community Engagement in Education initiative which, alongside a network of change champions, provides cutting-edge research, tools, and strategies that promote stronger partnerships between families, schools, and communities.

In leading the research on global family, school, and community engagement, CUE has published two foundational reports on how stronger family, school and community partnerships can promote equitable, inclusive, high-quality, and relevant education. The intended research audiences are education leaders, policymakers, teachers, family and community organizations, researchers, and others invested in supporting education systems transformation.

Six global lessons

The Six Global Lessons is a large-scale research endeavor that presents key findings on how to build strong family, school, and community partnerships. The research, conducted in sixteen countries, confirms that trusting relationships are essential to building a shared vision of education. Accompanying policy briefs from countries that participated in the research provide recommendations tailored to each education system and landscape.

Playbook

The Playbook makes the case for why family, school, and community engagement is critical in helping students, schools, and education systems thrive. It also presents the Strategy Finder, an interactive database of evidence-based strategies for effective engagement from around the world. To build the Playbook, CUE worked with project collaborators from over 18 countries.

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