Family Engagement in Education
July 2010
Author: Susan Mattson
Studies indicate that students are more likely to succeed in school when parents or other family members are engaged in their school life. This legislative brief considers general definitions of family engagement; the importance of family engagement in education; effective ways to encourage family engagement; the role of families in education and how federal, state, and local education agencies and schools can promote family engagement; challenges to increasing family engagement; what Tennessee schools are doing to encourage family engagement; and how to evaluate family engagement efforts.