Honoring a Champion for Families and Communities At Parent Teacher Home Visits, we believe in the power of human connection to transform education. Every other year, we honor one extraordinary individual who embodies that belief by presenting the Jocelyn Graves Award—a tribute to those who uplift communities, foster trust, and center family voices in education. […]
The Perils of Lost Federal Leadership in Family Engagement Imagine a vast orchestra representing the diverse components of our education system. The federal government is the conductor, ensuring every section—states, districts, families, educators, communities, advocates, and researchers—plays in harmony. The conductor keeps the score aligned, elevating outcomes for every student. Without the conductor, the orchestra […]
Building Bridges Between Home and School: A Conversation with Missy Testerman In the latest episode of the Parent Teacher Home Visits Podcast, PTHV Executive Director Andrea Prejan sits down with 2024 National Teacher of the Year, Missy Testerman, for a heartfelt and inspiring conversation that takes a deep into the art and impact of family […]
Honoring Black History by Strengthening Family-School Partnerships Every February, Black History Month offers us the opportunity to celebrate the contributions, resilience, and leadership of Black Americans throughout our nation’s history. The foundation of National Black History Month can be traced back to 1915 when historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson established the Association for the Study […]
PTHV’s 2024 Wrapped: A Year-End Review It’s been an exciting year for Parent Teacher Home Visits, filled with firsts, new faces, milestones and more! As 2024 draws to a close, let’s look back on some highlights. New Year, New Faces At the top of the year, we welcomed two new board members, Dr. Eyal Bergman, […]
Giving Tuesday: Invest in the Future of Education with Connection As we approach Giving Tuesday, we have much to reflect on, especially as it relates to the future we want for young people. We invite you to join us in our mission to strengthen family-school partnerships and improve student outcomes. Begun 27 years ago by […]
PTHV Podcast Premiere – The Ripple Effect Parent Teacher Home Visits · The Ripple Effect – How Parent Teacher Home Visits Impact Attendance As National PTHV Week draws to a close, we are delighted to unveil a very special podcast episode, the very first in an occasional series on the impact of home visits on […]
We were delighted to host a critical conversation, “Breaking the Attendance Barrier: The Power of Parent-Teacher Home Visits,” to kick off the third annual National PTHV Week. The webinar was a deep dive into one of the most persistent challenges with which our nation’s schools are grappling: the worrisome rates of chronic absenteeism. These rates […]
Beyond Interventions: Building Relationships that Help Get Kids to School What the Data on Chronic Absence Is Really Saying Since the pandemic closed schools four years ago, our nation’s school districts have struggled to recover on several fronts, from enrollment and learning setbacks to school climate issues and social-emotional development. Perhaps no issue, however, has […]
Parent Teacher Home Visits Seeks a New Executive Director The Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) Board of Directors is thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity to join and lead the national nonprofit Parent Teacher Home Visits as its Executive Director. The 26-year-old organization is seeking an innovative and experienced professional to guide PTHV through the […]
PTHV advances student success and school improvement by leveraging relationships, research, and a national network of partners to advance evidence-based practices in relational home visits within a comprehensive family engagement strategy.
PTHV is a nonprofit grassroots network that must raise its operating budget every year. Like the local home visit projects we help, our network is sustained by collaboration.
