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Giving in Puerto Rico: the first study about generosity in Puerto Rico
Three out of four households in Puerto Rico (74.9%) report making charitable donations in 2014, a high rate of giving, especially compared to similar data in the U.S. which shows 55.8 percent of mainland U.S. households giving to charity in 2013. This finding comes from the first study of its kind to examine charitable giving […]
Flamboyan Launches Inaugural National Family Engagement Fellowship
During Flamboyan Foundation’s inaugural National Family Engagement Fellowship convening this month, a cohort of 19 newly announced Fellows from Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Tennessee will come together in a learning community to build knowledge and skills, particularly around family engagement planning.
We’re Recruiting Flamboyan Trainers!
Flamboyan Foundation is excited to announce we are recruiting Flamboyan trainers! In the role of “Flamboyan trainer,” teachers share their family engagement experiences and facilitate family engagement trainings.
Standing Ovation Excellence in Family Engagement Award Winner Announced
The 2016 Standing Ovation for D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) awards ceremony will include for the first time an Excellence in Family Engagement Award. This award recognizes and honors a school that fosters exemplary collaboration between teachers and families that improves student success.
New Technology and Family Engagement Fellowship Opportunity for D.C. Teachers
Flamboyan Foundation is excited to launch the Technology and Family Engagement Fellowship. This fellowship gives teachers working in D.C. schools the opportunity to develop strong family engagement strategies with the support of technology. Read more about the fellowship and apply here.
New Fellowship Opportunity for DCPS Special Education Teachers
The Special Education Family Engagement Fellowship seeks full-time program special education teachers who excel at engaging families and wish to improve family engagement programming for all students with disabilities and their families. Read more about the fellowship and apply here.
New Study Links Flamboyan’s Family Engagement With Improved Reading Comprehension and Attendance
The study, by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, covered 12 D.C. public elementary schools and more than 4,000 students in the 2013-2014 school year. It found that students whose families received a home visit, one of the core strategies in the FEP, had 24 percent fewer absences and were more likely to read at or above grade level compared to similar students who did not receive a home visit.
Family Engagement Leadership Fellowship Participants Announced
Teach For America and Flamboyan Foundation have partnered to launch the Family Engagement Leadership Fellowship, a professional learning community where teachers learn research-based family engagement best practices designed to increase student achievement. Sessions will focus on (1) relationship building, including home visits; (2) academic partnering strategies, such as high quality parent-teacher conferences and student-led conferences; […]
