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April 15, 2022

Brookings Report: Collaborating to Transform and Improve Education Systems

This 300-page report from the Brookings Institute offers education leaders at the state, regional, and local levels ways of understanding the full landscape of family-school engagement strategies; so that you can learn from what...

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March 4, 2022

Family Engagement Toolkit for Ohio’s Whole Child Framework

“Ohio’s Whole Child Framework places the whole child at the center, with district, school, family and community supporting the needs of the whole child using a comprehensive approach. A whole child approach broadens district and...

Real Talk: Ideas for Parenting Young Children

Child Well-being / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / OhSFEC Family Resource / Organizations for Families / Spotlight / Transitions

May 18, 2021

Real Talk Webinars for Families with Young Children

Let’s be honest: parenting young children can sometimes be hard. That’s why we asked OSU early childhood experts to weigh in on the most common topics that families ask about in this Real Talk webinar series. Whether you are a father, mother, uncle, grandparent,...

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September 30, 2020

International Children’s Digital Library – Over 4,000 digital books in 59 languages for families to read at home

The International Digital Children’s Library website contains digital books for families to read with their children in their home language. Studies have shown the importance of encouraging families to read in their home language...

Communication / Communication with Schools / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / For Schools / Middle & High School / Spotlight

March 23, 2020

Talking Points: A Free App Teachers and Families Can Use to Translate their Text Messages Back and Forth

Two-way communication between families and schools is extremely important. To ensure that all families can understand and benefit from school communications, families and teachers can download the FREE Talking Points translation app on their...

Child Well-being / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / FCE Network / For Families / For Schools / Middle & High School / OhSFEC Family Resource / Social Emotional / Spotlight

February 6, 2020

Encouraging Positive Behaviors at Home – A Chart for Families

By downloading and filling out a blank Positive Behavior Chart, families can create their own, personalized set of expectations for how their family will care for each other at home. Though this chart could...

Academics / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / For Schools / Learning at Home / Remote Learning for Fams / Spotlight

January 6, 2020

Family Literacy Day by Day Calendar: Have fun with literacy every day with your child!

The State Library of Ohio, in collaboration with Ohio Ready to Read, is pleased to offer the Day By Day Ohio Family Literacy Calendar, and all the resources on the Day By Day Ohio website,...

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Academics / Attendance / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / Middle & High School / Spotlight

December 4, 2019

Video: Hear from other families about the importance of attendance at school

“In this new resource from Attendance Works, a variety of parents speak about the importance of school attendance and making sure absences don’t add up. This video offers practical, every day steps parents can...

For Families / For Schools / Learning at Home / Middle & High School / OhSFEC Family Resource / OhSFEC School Resource / Recommended Reading / Social Emotional / Spotlight / Transitions

November 5, 2019

Middle School Family Engagement Resources

Family engagement in education doesn’t stop after elementary school. It’s just as important, but it looks and sounds different. Our Middle Ground project at the Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center provides educators and families...

Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / Middle & High School / Spotlight / Transitions

October 4, 2019

Video: Advice from Parents/Caregivers – Transitions Can Be Tricky: What Helps?

This video from our partner, the OCALI Family Center, highlights families and their recommendations for helping your child make successful transitions based on their own experiences. Families share useful information that other families can...

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