ParentCorps

Engaging parents as partners. Re-shaping children's first experiences in school.
Read more about ParentCorps' model.

ParentCorps' evidence shows a 24% lower risk reading below grade level in kindergarten.

ParentCorps' evidence 50% fewer mental health problems in elementary school.

ParentCorps’ evidence shows that children, with ParentCorps, are 50% less likely to be obese in elementary school.

ParentCorps’ evidence shows that children, with ParentCorps, are 44% less likely to be chronically absent in middle school.

Mission

ParentCorps transforms the pre-K experience in historically disinvested neighborhoods by helping schools partner with families to build a future where all children thrive.

“The most important thing I’ve learned is to take care of myself and ask for help when I need it. It is ok for us to talk about what it’s like to be parents, to be honest about how tough it can be… and to be proud of ourselves for working so hard to give our kids a good life.”

ParentCorps Parent

“Programs often come in with the lens of expert. Instead, ask:

How do we honor parents’ expertise with their own children and their autonomy to choose what’s best for their families?”

Kai-ama Hamer, Associate Director, ParentCorps

Commitment to Racial Equity

At all levels of our work, racial equity is our North Star.

In working with families, we aim to correct the harmful patterns of outsiders telling people of color how to parent, and to honor families’ culture, lived racial experience, and expertise.

In working with educators, we aim to bring race and racism into the conversation, and to support authentic, racially affirming, culturally responsive relationships with families.

In working with system leaders, we aim to partner on efforts to build a new early education experience that addresses entrenched inequities for Black and brown children.

Lastly, our work is internal. We are committed to building the requisite muscles to engage in courageous conversations about race and interrogating white supremacy — in ourselves and in all spaces where we are present.