Proven Practices for Families to Increase Student Achievement

Focus on research-based practices
What are the messages that communities can share to encourage high levels of learning for all children and youth in the community? Most of proven practices that impact the learning of children and youth are fairly simple.

1. Being healthy helps kids learn:
    a. Good nutrition
    b. Physical activity
    c. Sleep

2. Learning at home helps kids learn at school:
    a. Routines
    b. Learning environment

3. Love and limits  help kids learn:
    a. Authoritative parenting practices
    b. Teaching appropriate behaviors

4. Community culture helps kids learn:
    a. Common community goals
    b. Family-friendly community culture

What can be challenging is being strategic about encouraging everyone in the community to embrace, model and promote the practices as part of the community culture. Providing the messages will not be enough. Community agencies whose purpose it is to help families thrive will also need to work together to provide parents with opportunities to learn and practice strategies that work.

Focus on research-based practices
What are the messages that communities can share to encourage high levels of learning for all children and youth in the community? Most of proven practices that impact the learning of children and youth are fairly simple.

1. Being healthy helps kids learn:
    a. Good nutrition
    b. Physical activity
    c. Sleep

2. Learning at home helps kids learn at school:
    a. Routines
    b. Learning environment

3. Love and limits  help kids learn:
    a. Authoritative parenting practices
    b. Teaching appropriate behaviors

4. Community culture helps kids learn:
    a. Common community goals
    b. Family-friendly community culture

What can be challenging is being strategic about encouraging everyone in the community to embrace, model and promote the practices as part of the community culture. Providing the messages will not be enough. Community agencies whose purpose it is to help families thrive will also need to work together to provide parents with opportunities to learn and practice strategies that work.