Everyone Wins!: The Evidence for Family-School Partnerships and Implications for Practice

Engaging families in education not only improves student achievement, but also strengthens families, boosts teacher effectiveness, and builds community. Everyone wins! In this easy-to-use guide, a Harvard-based team uses the latest research to help teachers, administrators, and FACE coordinators design and implement programs wisely and with confidence that all students will benefit.

Dr. Mapp, a Senior Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is a leading family and community engagement expert whose research and practice focus on cultivating partnerships among schools, families, and communities for enhancing student achievement and school performance.

Anne T. Henderson, a founder of and Senior Consultant for the National Association for Family, School and Community Engagement (NAFSCE), is an expert on the relationship between families and schools, and its impact on student success in school and through life.

Stephany Cuevas, an Assistant Professor of Education at the Attallah College of Educational Studies at Chapman University, is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research and practice focus on Latinx family engagement in students’ higher education aspirations.

Martha C. Franco, Harvard University doctoral candidate, is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research focuses on the role of education in the lives of Central American unaccompanied minors.

Suzanna Ewert, Garden Coordinator with CalFresh Healthy Living, University of California Cooperative Extension in Shasta, Tehama, and Trinity Counties, specializes in addressing nutritional equity through SNAP-Ed in rural schools and communities.