For communities, making education better means strengthening families and schools. Families are responsible for raising children, and parents are their children's first and most important teachers.
Schools are responsible for providing children with a quality education.
But these days, schools and families often can't do their job by themselves. That's what America Goes Back to School is all about. We've learned that when families and community members like you get more involved in children's learning, students get better grades and test scores, are better behaved, graduate from high school at higher rates, and are more likely to go on to higher education. In all these ways, family and community involvement in education help children grow up to be productive, responsible members of the community. There is no one way to build the team, to build a community partnership for learning .