The Family, Student and Teacher Academic Resilience (fSTAR) Pillar of NCEED recognizes the power of partnership between schools and families, and networking with community-based organizations to elevate students’ academic performance. fSTAR supports equity from a community assets perspective that recognizes the strengths and value of families, indigenous institutions and the history of local communities.

fSTAR utilizes the history and cultural capital of Morgan State University as an anchor institution in Baltimore City and the third largest historically Black university in the nation by employing a transdisciplinary approach that takes advantage of scholarship and intellectual capital across academic disciplines and the power of an alumni network to create conditions and opportunities for success for school children.

By combining community participatory research and traditional scholarship, fSTAR seeks to craft effective interventions using an equity lens that will improve three facets of schooling: 1) Student Academic Achievement 2) Parent/Family Engagement and 3) School Building Climate.

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