Making math fun and playful - "doing a puzzle, setting the dinner table, grocery shopping, and keeping track of money." ✨Jill Barshay The Hechinger Report MindShift

"Family engagement is the lever for supporting all children and closing opportunity gaps in STEM education." That's why this work is so important. Training that includes a community exchange of ideas & the Planning Tool can transform family engagement practice quickly. STEM Next

"Staff quickly embrace the joy and meaning of positive outreach to families when time is built in for them to send texts, write postcards, or make phone calls." edutopia STEM Next Lifting up #familyengagement for new school year.

"if we’re fortunate, we have the opportunity to meet and learn from people who prove the strength of the human spirit beyond what we thought might be possible, and beyond what we think we might be able to endure." Technovation thanks for sharing the story of Lama and Yara. 👏🏻

Absolutely thrilled to know that Savita Raj is the new CEO of Techbridge Girls! I have known Savita for decades and know that her talent, experience, and inspiration will support the mission and write an exciting new chapter for this organization, which is near and dear to me.

No bus bridge to be found at Union City BART. Whew, what a commute! 🙀BART

"assume the best intentions of someone who makes a mistake...Acknowledge their effort and explain how they might improve their approach in the future.” We need allies and need to be allies. Helpful ideas from NGCProject NCWIT

Profound work by Anthony Abraham Jack. "the unpaid labor that lower-income students do on behalf of their family all too often goes uncounted and, consequently, is undervalued. This dual effect undermines mobility." #ClassDismissed Teen Vogue

Seeing kids through an asset lens. "What skills does your child have that are valuable at home?" Tip to support #familyengagement from Dr. Jackie Matise Peng 🧡to start my day with resources from edutopia

These ideas make great projects to try at home too! Shout out to Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭🇺🇸 for sharing fun and accessible projects to support #STEM learning. 👏🏼

"Every gesture during the onboarding period sets the tone for workplace belonging. Whether making firm commitments within their organizational goals or sponsoring an ERG, leaders need to take decisive action to increase sense-of-belonging" Great piece by Dr Lee in Harvard Business Review

Inspired by the ideas that come to life when Technovation comes into the lives of girls. I🧡the Bionic Girls who made an app connected to a vibrating bracelet that alerts deaf or hard-of-hearing people to fire, weather, or other alarms. Now that's forward-looking tech!

Shout out to Techbridge Girls for supporting equality each and every day. By supporting educators, caregivers, and role models Techbridge Girls empowers #GirlsinSTEM in and out of school.

Thank you for highlighting #familyengagement with this spotlight on JaRonda Dockett. Listening, building relationships, collaborating, and celebrating with families. This is what we would 🧡for every teacher-caregiver relationship.👏🏼 John Lewis ES Flamboyan Foundation

"It begins with fundamentally shifting how we value parenting, recognizing that the work of raising a child is crucial to the health and well-being of all society." Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General Susan Crown Exchange

💛#1 Connect families to families. "we like to begin with a brief connection activity that gives families the opportunity to mingle with one another, meet someone new and gently start to uncover areas of mutual support." 📣Principal Project Enedelia “Margie”Gomez

Shout out to Parent Teacher Home Visits for these superb resources to start the school year off with relationships between school and home at the center. ✨

So true! I💜teachers. The highlights they share can brighten your day. Follow a teacher, promote their efforts, and find ways to support their work.

"there is not a single thing I would change about my daughter, but there are a million things I would change about this world so that it would be worthy of her. And the first thing I would change is to fully fund home and community-based services." 🫶🏼Little Lobbyists 💙

"every child, no matter where they live or what their background, has the same opportunities to succeed. It’s about recognizing that literacy is more than just a skill — it’s a fundamental right." What will you do to support this right? 🙏🏼 Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation and the Curry family.