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Family Engagement Audits
A close look at how families really experience your schools — through their stories and their numbers — going far beyond sign-in sheets and surveys.
Justice-Centered School Consulting
Family voice is the missing data in school improvement.
Social Capital Connection helps urban districts close the opportunity gap by re-centering school climate, culture, and parent engagement around the families schools serve.
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- K–8 schools studied
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- core climate measures
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- doctoral research base
Our belief
“Any objective assessment of a school must factor in the systemic and structural inequities that shape minority families’ daily experience — and the cultures and customs schools normalize without noticing.”
What we do
Four practices that move climate, culture, and outcomes.
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School Climate & Culture Reviews
An honest assessment of how welcoming, safe, and fitting your schools feel to the families you serve — not just how they look on paper.
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Leadership Coaching
Hands-on partnership with principals and district leaders to turn good intentions into daily practices that families can feel.
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Professional Learning
Workshops and training for teachers and leaders on building genuine relationships and inclusive school cultures.
Our approach
Listen to families.
Read the data.
Change the system.
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Listen first
We start by learning how families truly see your schools — their daily experiences, their hopes, and their concerns.
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Look at the whole picture
We pair real stories with real data to show where opportunity is missing, not just where test scores differ.
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Build with leaders, not for them
Findings become a practical plan your principals, teachers, and community partners can own and act on.
Founder
Dr. Shanequa Sturgis-Nash
An educator, researcher, and mother of three, Dr. Sturgis-Nash earned her Doctor of Education from Southern Connecticut State University with a dissertation examining minority parents’ perceptions of schooling across eighteen urban K–8 schools. Her practice translates that research into durable change for the districts she partners with.
Read her story →Ready to hear what your families are telling you?
A 45-minute discovery call to scope an engagement audit, climate review, or leadership partnership for your district.