Parents in the School

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1997

Abstract

Everyone seems to agree that parent involvement is a wonderful idea. In fact, researchers tell us that the single fastest way to improve a student's academic performance is to involve the parents. Given this widespread agreement, it is perplexing that we don't have more actual parent involvement in our schools. The purpose of this chapter is to introduce you to: the rationale for parent involvement, a parent-involvement model, ways in which you can involve parents, ways of evaluating a parent-involvement program, and issues and concerns in parent involvement.

Department

Elementary and Early Childhood Education

Publication Title

Home-School Relations: Working Successfully with Parents and Families

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