Power of Parents

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Power of Parents aims to deepen understanding, inform practice, and strengthen efforts to engage families in learning by sharing research, innovative models, and practical insights, while also identifying key gaps. This is especially important given the growing recognition of the critical role parents and communities play in early and primary education.

Strategic Priority

Knowledge Accelerator

Funding Catalyst

Partnership Builder

Uncovering the critical role of parents and communities as essential, equitable partners in children's education

Power of Parents surfaces promising parent- and community-led interventions from within our network that reimagine the role of parents as equal partners in learning. Through landscape mapping, focus group discussions, and practitioner interviews, we distil key insights and practical lessons to disseminate with the wider sector.

90%

Of participants state that they will implement learnings from the learning sessions in their own programming. 

Curation of evidence

Power of Parents surfaces promising parent- and community-led interventions from within our network that reimagine the role of parents as equal partners in learning. Through landscape mapping, focus group discussions, and practitioner interviews, we distill key insights and practical lessons to disseminate with the wider sector.

Dissemination of evidence

GSF convenes Communities of Practice (CoPs) focused on rethinking parental engagement—especially for parents with non-traditional education paths. The CoPs serve as platforms to bring together practitioner to exchange field-tested strategies, discuss learnings, and connect practice with research and policy.

Strengthening practitioner networks

GSF builds a stronger sense of community and promote deeper collaboration among practitioners working in this area through peer learning opportunities, and structured networking opportunities.

Shaping the sector and building momentum

The GSF team participates in high-profile global events where we share insights from the field, highlight grassroots leadership, and invite new collaborators into the conversation. We also publish practice-informed think pieces and contribute to joint statements that reflect practitioner-driven perspectives on the future of parental engagement.

65%

Communities of Practice have a Net Promoter Score of ~65%, reflecting high satisfaction and perceived value.

Knowledge Accelerator

Partnership Builder

Study Tours

Global Schools Forum’s study tours are a unique opportunity for practitioners, funders and partners to deep-dive into a single thematic area. Specially curated for the GSF community, study tours allow participants to immerse themselves in the education context of a single country.

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Knowledge Accelerator

Partnership Builder

Community Learning and Engagement

We deepen learning and engagement within and between the community through formal and informal connections, communities of practice, events and networking opportunities.

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