News + Announcements
What Would a Family Friendly School Look Like?
If the school day better aligned with the work day, busy parents wouldn't be stretched quite so thin. A new bill proposes one way to address that.
News + Announcements
Language Creates Belonging: Get to Know Navigator Ileana Ortiz
For Ileana Ortiz, navigating for Spanish-speaking New Orleans families is personal: She sees her own parents and grandparents in every family she works with.
News + Announcements
Building a More Language-Inclusive Organization
When we started EdNavigator, we knew we didn't want language to be a barrier for families accessing our services. Meeting that goal is an ongoing process.
News + Announcements
Celebrating Latinx Leaders
As the official Latinx Heritage Month closes, we're reflecting on the Latinx leaders who inspire us all year long.
News + Announcements
The Real Deal About Reading Instruction
In spite of a growing body of research on how to teach reading effectively, many students are still not getting the reading instruction they need. We spoke to an expert to find out what good reading instruction looks like, and what parents should look out for.
News + Announcements
The Latinx Authors Who Changed Our Lives
This Latinx Heritage Month, we've compiled a list of Latinx-authored books that have influenced us, entertained us, and shaped our lives.
News + Announcements
How Do Families Feel About EdNavigator?
Our annual member survey results are in, and we're so proud that families feel supported by our work. But as always, we're asking: How can we do better?
News + Announcements
The Upgrade Rule: How Schools and Districts Can Make School Closures Work Better for Families
School closures are painful—but they're sometimes unavoidable. What if there were a better way to approach to process?
News + Announcements
Lessons from Teachers: How to Include Families with Limited Formal Education
Parents with limited formal education themselves are often excluded from conversations with their children's schools—but schools can and should do more to proactively include these families. Three veteran teachers share their strategies for doing better.
News + Announcements
Conscious Companies Should Offer Opportunity Benefits
Leaders of some of the country's most successful companies are promising to invest in their people. What does that look like?
News + Announcements
The Secret to Creating Opportunity Is Help
A new study on housing vouchers reveals that one factor makes people more likely to take advantage of opportunity: help.
News + Announcements
NPR-Boston Takes a Look at EdNavigator
Get a closer look at our work in Boston with WGBH reporter Bianca Vazquez Toness.
News + Announcements
From the Classroom to School Counseling: Get to Know Dr. Denise Gilstrap
What can schools and families do to support students' social and emotional wellbeing, in and out of the classroom? New Orleans Navigator and counselor Dr. Denise Gilstrap offers some ideas.
News + Announcements
Building Family Ties at Gallo Mechanical
Our newest employer partner is a family-run company that's grown from two brothers to one of the largest mechanical contractors in the Gulf South.
News + Announcements
Video: Talking Schools on the Factory Floor
In this new video, follow our Navigators inside Laitram manufacturing in New Orleans.