National Center for Families Learning

Want to be part of something bigger? ALL IN: The Adult Literacy and Learning Impact Network is building a cohort of 20–30 high-performing programs to co-design tools for working with low-literacy adult learners. Take the Project RISE Survey by June 15 to make your voice heard!

School's out, but learning doesn't need a vacation! ☀️ Explore NCFL's free resources to keep kids growing all summer—and help the adults in your life reach their education goals, too. ➡️

Families | National Center for Families Learning | Resources for Families Our free resources can help parents and caregivers support their children’s education and reach their own education goals.

Meet the partners—including the Literacy Alliance of Northeast Florida, the City of Jacksonville, Florida - Government, the Jacksonville Public Education Fund, the Children's Literacy Initiative, and Duval County Public Schools—who are coming together in Jacksonville, Florida to create a Family Learning Community™ that will increase educational opportunity for local families:

Get to Know the Jacksonville Family Learning Community Meet the partners--including the Literacy Alliance of Northeast Flo...

Join NCFL on June 30 from 3–4 PM ET for "From Barrier to Breakthrough: Maximizing Success in Distance Learning," featuring Sarah Taylor and Liz Clinton of World Relief Chicagoland. They'll walk through a comprehensive framework for effective online instruction at every level—including bridge and workforce training classes—with strategies for integrating technology supports, digital interactives, and scaffolded skill-building.

Whether you teach adult learners, lead a program, or design curriculum, you'll leave with practical tools to dramatically improve retention and learner outcomes.

At the end of May, NCFL President & CEO Dr. Felicia C. Smith joined fellow members of the National Action Commission on stage at the Institute for Educational Leadership’s national conference to consider how alignment across schools, families, and communities can drive transformation and systemic impact.

One key takeaway: that education systems can better serve families and communities when treat Pre-K-12 and adult learning as interconnected, and create opportunities for multigenerational learning to occur.

What if every adult literacy program had access to proven strategies for reaching the learners who need them most? That's the vision behind Project RISE, the latest initiative from ALL IN: The Adult Literacy and Learning Impact Network.

📋 You can help by taking the Lower-Level Literacy Services Survey, which will help ALL IN identify programs with high levels of success recruiting and retaining low-literacy adult learners. Be sure to select "NCFL" on Question #6!

Last year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Civic and Economic Literacy Survey found that 58% of participating adults failed a basic civics test—even as 74% of them reported confidence in their ability to explain how the U.S. government works.

⚖️ This gap between perceived and actual understanding underscores why civic literacy is essential.

NCFL's new guide, "Navigating the World: Incorporating Multiple Literacies through Family Literacy," offers concrete, ready-to-use strategies for embedding civic literacy (and other literacies!) directly into existing programs.

Even as AI reshapes work, STEM careers continue to be in high demand. NCFL wants to help families furthest from opportunity step into them—together.

Apply to be part of a national network reimagining STEM education through family learning. Three communities will receive seed grants up to $50,000 to pilot multigenerational pathways for grades 6–12 students and their parents.

Curious? Find the full RFP on our website, and attend our June 2 webinar for more information!

Don’t miss out—our May is happening tomorrow!

Join Margaret Caspe, PhD, from the National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement, as she shares how families can use storybooks to spark meaningful math conversations at home and beyond.

🗓️ Tomorrow, May 28
⏰ 2 PM ET
🌎 Join from anywhere!

Walk away with practical, joyful, and culturally grounded strategies to support children’s mathematical learning as a family.

Don’t miss your chance to save $50 on registration when you sign up by June 30!

This year’s conference is in San Antonio, November 8-11. We hope you’ll join us as we explore innovative practices to support family learning.