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Social Capital
The term “social capital” dates as early back as 1916 when L. J. Hanifan described it as: “goodwill, fellowship, mutual sympathy and social intercourse among a group of individuals and families who make up a social unit.” Recently, social capital has landed back into the collective consciousness through Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of… READ MORE →
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Kansas Reading Roadmap: A statewide initiative to help children succeed by becoming proficient readers partners with FAST
According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, third grade reading proficiency is crucial for continued academic success and to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. The Kansas Reading Roadmap is a statewide project of the Kansas Department for Children and Families working in partnership with the Kansas Department of Education to improve third grade reading scores. The… READ MORE →
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Investing in Innovation (i3): $15-million grant project uses FAST as an innovative, targeted strategy for removing key barriers to school turnaround.
Funded through the U.S. Department of Education’s 2012 Investing in Innovation grant competition, also known as i3, the Investing in Family Engagement Project is part of a national initiative to provide funding to school districts and non-profit organizations to develop new approaches to longstanding challenges in education. Of more than 700 applicants from across the… READ MORE →
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OJJDP Bulletin: Families and Schools Together – Building Relationships (1999)
The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) featured the FAST® Program in its November 1999 bulletin, written by Lynn McDonald and Heather Frey. The OJJDP also published a fact sheet by Lynn McDonald and Deborah Howard in December 1998. READ MORE →
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Meet the Founder: Dr. Lynn McDonald
Dr. Lynn McDonald is the creator of the internationally acclaimed family engagement program FAST® and the founder of the non-profit organization Families & Schools Together. Throughout a career that spans more than 40 years, Dr. McDonald has worked tirelessly to improve the well-being of children and families around the world using scientific research to build… READ MORE →
