Our Professional Development Traveling Workshop on Family Engagement and Graduate School for Parents are touring the country—working side by side with schools and communities to move beyond simple involvement and build real parent capacity that drives student success. Spring has been is fully booked. Now accepting summer enrollment. Here’s where we have been and where we’re headed! • March 16 — Fantastic Start! Baltimore County Public Schools: Halstead, Hebbville, Pleasant Plains, Powhatan,...

The Parent–School Partnership Has Weakened Across the country, Education Week  asked a simple question on Facebook: “What’s the biggest change you’ve seen in education since you were in school?” Hundreds of parents, educators, grandparents, and community members responded. Their voices were passionate, candid, sometimes frustrated—but remarkably consistent. Here’s what families and schools are saying, loud and clear. The Top Messages We’re Hearing 1. Respect, Accountability, and Behavior Are...

By Kevin S. Walker, President & Founder, Project Appleseed I first heard Rev. Jesse Jackson speak at Normandy High School when I was a student in Webster Groves . He said, “You’re a man because you can raise a baby—not because you can make a baby.” That line stayed with me as I raised my own children. Years later, our paths crossed again while I was working on Democratic presidential campaigns. Long before it became reality, he challenged the nation to imagine the possibility of a Black...