Establishing effective practices for family, school, and community engagement is a top priority for the most successful districts. We help equip your team with new and impactful ways to invite families into their children’s learning.
Family, School, and Community Engagement
Family Engagement Is a Key Instructional Strategy
Our Approach
Scholastic partners with districts to connect classrooms, families, and the community, creating a literacy ecosystem where every child feels seen and valued.
ELEVATE
staff capacity to build strong family-school partnerships.
EMPOWER
families to advocate for their child’s learning.
ENGAGE
and welcome all families with inviting school environments.
PARTNER
with communities to expand your literacy capacity.
Undeniable Outcomes
Decades of research show that students with involved families and communities:
- Get better grades and score higher on standardized tests.
- Have better attendance records and are less likely to drop out.
- Have more positive attitudes about schoolwork and homework.
Raise Student Attendance
Schools with stronger family engagement had 39% better student attendance rates.
Renowned Researchers. Revered Practitioners.
We partner with some of the most respected researchers and practitioners in family, school, and community engagement. These thought leaders apply their research findings and experience to our programs, services, and professional books—equipping schools and districts with proven strategies to drive real outcomes.
Karen L. Mapp, Ed.D.
Author, Researcher, Educator, Family, School, and Community Engagement Expert
Anne T. Henderson
Founder of and Senior Consultant for the National Association for Family, School and Community Engagement (NAFSCE)
Hedy Chang
Founder and Executive Director, Attendance Works
Christian Adair, M.Ed.
Education and Community Engagement Practitioner and Consultant
Linda C. Mayes, M.D.
Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology; Chair of the Yale Child Study Center
Don Vu, Ed.D.
Educator, Administrator, and Author
Solutions and Services
Our solutions and services help districts build powerful and effective family, school, and community engagement habits, not moments. We integrate effective practices with research-backed tools to empower families, engage and welcome students, and build meaningful community partnerships.
Create a Welcoming School Environment
Teach with Meaning and Purpose
Grades K–5
High-quality books and teaching materials that drive well-being and literacy development for all
A Celebration of Haitian Culture
Grades K–3
Celebrate Haitian voices with the first book collection of its kind. Bring Haitian stories into your classrooms with books in English and English/Haitian Creole.
Build Strong Foundations
Grades K–5
Decodable fiction stories that reflect your students’ experiences and their world
Foster Life Skills
Grades PreK–5
Empowering classroom library that nurtures life skills and includes take-home books for each student
Empower Your Families
Make Reading a Daily Habit
Grades K–5
Take-home books students can connect with personally
Reinforce Learning at Home
Grades PreK–8
Take-home books that encourage independent reading
Get Kindergarten Ready
Grades PreK–K
Send-home books and activities that prepare families and students to thrive in kindergarten
Support Early Reading Instruction
Grades K–1
Encourage families to make learning a part of their daily routine with English and Spanish book and activity kits that support early reading instruction.
Partner with Your Community
Celebrate Every Family
Grades PreK–3 (Ages 0–9)
Literacy events that empower families to support academic growth at home
Host Interactive Read-Alouds
Grades PreK–8
A community-based reading mentorship program that makes a lasting impact
Host Family Literacy Events
Grades PreK–5
90-minute family literacy events developed in partnership with Dr. Karen L. Mapp
Become a Member
Building home libraries should be easy and affordable. We can help.
Develop Your Team
Our professional books provide practical strategies and actionable best practices for cultivating strong family, school, and community connections.
The Educator's Guide to Building Child & Family Resilience
Unlocking the Power of the Stories Students Tell
Consultative Planning and Coaching
Our consultative specialists collaborate with your leadership to establish systemic practices that embed family engagement as a core component of your instructional strategy.
Our experienced practitioners will assist you to sustain the learning by developing progress monitoring tools specific to your goals, tracking participation and providing guidance to help optimize impact along the way.
Dr. Karen L. Mapp Workshop Series
The Dr. Karen L. Mapp Workshop series focuses on training a team with voices from leadership, instruction, home, and the community. Explore family engagement beliefs, review current practices, and align engagement strategies to academic outcomes.
Family Engagement Assessment
The Family Engagement Assessment (FEA) is a process that measures a school’s capacity for developing effective home-school partnerships and recommends solutions for enriching and prioritizing family engagement practices.
Increasing Student Attendance Through Effective Home-School Partnership Practices
This session focuses on addressing chronic absenteeism by implementing a tiered system of family support and proven strategies for helping students to attend school regularly.
Effective Practices to Welcome All Families
In this session, we’ll explore how to welcome families into your school and have dialogue that empowers them to become active participants in their children’s education.
Foundations of Family Engagement
In this session, we’ll break down the research and the conditions that must be present in your school to provide a solid foundation for effective family outreach.
Foundations and Impact
Research informs everything that we do, so you can be confident when partnering with us.
Research Library
Scholastic R.E.A.L. Foundation Paper
Learn how our community mentoring program improves students’ relationships with reading.
Home Libraries | Topic Paper
Discover the impact of literacy-rich home environments on student learning outcomes.
Empowering Students and Families to Address Summer Reading Loss
This case study examines the impact of summer initiatives on student reading scores and attitudes.
Chronic Absenteeism | Topic Paper
Find out why students are chronically absent and how we can help you get them back.
Advancing Attendance in Camden City Schools
This case study explores the impact of family-school initiatives on student attendance.
Fresh Takes on Family, School, and Community Engagement
Explore these additional videos from our partners and colleagues.
The Power of Home Libraries: From Research to Results
by Dwaine Millard, Dr. Amanda Alexander, Erskine Glover, Dr. Kelli Cedo, and Tracey Allen
Reducing Chronic Absenteeism by Strengthening Family-School Partnerships
by Dr. Nea Hearn and Jenni Brasington
Chronic Absence to High Engagement
by Katrina McCombs, Ebony Hinson, Dr. Terica Butler, and Dwaine Millard
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