From “Taco Night” to Transformation – How Home Visits Ignite Deep Learning and Community Connection This week, I came across a research brief from Towson University’s Maryland Center for Community Schools that stopped me in my tracks. Titled “What Does the Community School Classroom Look Like? A Systematic Literature Review of Teaching and Learning in […]
Strengthening Schools with Home Visits: Key Insights from Parent Teacher Home Visits Week 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEfZMSJGuEA This week, as educators and families across the nation celebrate Parent Teacher Home Visits Week, we hosted a powerful webinar showcasing how authentic relationships through home visits can transform schools and support student success. The conversation brought together practitioners, researchers, […]
See Every Student. Hear Every Family. Elevate Every Lesson. What if every teacher truly understood the world their students come from? What if families felt like genuine partners in their child’s education? At Parent Teacher Home Visits, we believe the answer lies in connection, in building bridges between educators and the communities they serve. Our […]
Join Team PTHV at IEL’s CSxFE 2024! The Parent Teacher Home Visits team is excited to return to the Institute for Educational Leadership’s (IEL) National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference (CSxFE). Last year, our team traveled to Philadelphia for the annual conference. In addition to sharing the power of home visits and the evidence […]
Andy Coons: Mr. Coons Will Be Your Dad at School I have two reasons for being engaged with Parent Teacher Home Visits for many years—one’s personal and one’s professional. I work for the National Education Association (NEA), and we have a long organizational history with PTHV. I direct the Center for Professional Excellence and Student […]
Nick Faber: There’s No Money for That Parent Teacher Home Visits is celebrating 25 years of building trusting relationships between schools and families. To commemorate our Silver Anniversary, we will share the stories of close friends, partners, and allies who have helped make PTHV what it is today. Watch this space regularly to see more […]
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.
