Mounting evidence indicates that family engagement in education is a necessary component for positive student outcomes and overall school improvement. Families whose children face challenging circumstances that are complicated by poverty, health-related issues, behavior problems, and gender identityare most in need of support. States, districts, and schools are seeking innovative ways to effectively partner with families in support of learning.

AIR uses a practical approach that is based on a framework grounded in research to build state, district, and school capacity, helping them to recognize their individual and collective responsibility for family engagement and facilitating the necessary collaboration for developing a robust and systemic family engagement that is a priority at every level of the educational enterprise.

Striving to Reduce Violence in Neighborhoods Through Community Engagement

Reducing Gun Violence: What Can Be Done Now

Raising Awareness of HIV/AIDS Prevention

Mentoring

Helping Ex-Offenders Return to Their Communities: An Interview with Roger Jarjoura (PDF)

Long Story Short: How Can Mentoring Help Children of Incarcerated Parents? 

Youth-Serving Systems

Evaluation of the Families and Schools Together Program in 60 Schools in Philadelphia

Parent and Family Involvement in Education, from the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2012

Harnessing the Potential of Multiple Languages and Family Partnerships in Early Childhood Intervention and Special Education (Webinar)

Developing a Federal Research Agenda for Positive Youth Development: Identifying Gaps in the Field and an Effective Consensus Building Approach (PDF)

Strengthening Family Involvement to Improve Outcomes for Children 

District Strategies for School Turnaround, Bibliography (PDF)

LGBTQ Youth

Research Review on Mentoring LGBTQ Youth 

Review of the LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative Planning Phase