Twenty-five years ago, parent and community organizers joined forces with educators to pilot a relational home visit model, Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV), at eight Sacramento, California, schools to counter deeply held mistrust and disrupt the cycle of blame between home and school. Success and significant media attention fueled rapid growth, and an organization was born. In the intervening years, PTHV expanded to more than 700 communities across 28 states and the District of Columbia.

On September 20, 2022, PTHV leaders and trainers joined CGLR for its “Learning Tuesday” webinar series. We shared this history and reflections on how looking forward, PTHV hopes to leverage our core values and recent research findings to further advance our vision of fundamentally changing what it means to teach and learn for every student, family, and educator through the transformative power of trusting relationships. 

Watch the webinar below.