Fast Track Families can help schools do a better job of educating children if they tell schools what is important for children.
School can help families by supporting parents.
Working together, families and schools can help children get on the right track early to become successful. The purpose of Fast Track is to learn what children need in order to succeed in school. We know some children do well in school, but other children have problems in learning or behavior. Students enroll in Fast Track when they enter kindergarten, and project organizers continue working with the children through their transition into middle school. The students' parents are enlisted as project staff members and are paid to attend courses designed to improve their child-rearing skills.