Is engaging parents in their children's education a major factor in turning around low-performing schools?

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by Victoria Moss

A child's first learning happens solely because of its parents. Their input is the most important learning influence of all: what the young child absorbs from its parents will h...read more

by Barbara Stanley

Before learning of any type can take place, a child's basic needs must be met. A child does not need the most expensive food, but he must first have a full belly. He does not ne...read more

by Art Wolinsky

Let's Ask the Right Question! No one would argue that parental involvement provides a foundation and ongoing support for learning in any educational setting, whether it be un...read more

by Misty Cahal

My parents had me and my two younger brothers "in school" before we were even actually enrolled! They purchased small desks for us and every evening we would sit and write our a...read more

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by Norton Nowlin

Intuition may only flourish in a child who is consistently engaged to learn by that young person's primary caregiver. A teacher is not, contrary to a increasingly popular persp...read more

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by Roxanne Dubarry

Is engaging parents in their children's education a major factor in turning around low-performing schools? It depends entirely upon the type of relationships that parents have w...read more

by Jim Mcfalls

Engaging parents in their kids education isn't just a major factor in turning around low-performing schools, it is THE major factor. Terrific curricula, masters degreed t...read more

by Sammy Stein

For a child of any age - and I am including teenagers here- it is very difficult to study if you are not supported at home. I lectured in a college for further education and we ...read more

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by Jeg Brown

Way back in the days of the dinosaurs when I was in school, I remember quite clearly that my teachers, while fair on average, did very little to inspire me to learn. What DID in...read more

by Jules Willis

Parental involvement is crucial to the individual child's learning. How can it help but to turn around struggling schools? Studies have shown that the more involvement that a ...read more

by Cosmicwhodini

I recall coming home after school and my mother would say "have you done your homework". I would always reply yes. But of course if a parent just asks you if you have done somet...read more

by Matthew J. Geiger

The No Child Left Behind Law is a piece of legislation that put the educational ball back into the political game, but it is hardly the end of the debate as school reform is onl...read more

by Alecia Rochelle

If all parents were truly engaged in their children's education, we would have very little low-performing schools. Studies after studies show a similar hypothesis: Parent invo...read more

by Peter Akermann

Everybody seems to be concern about the level of education in United States.This is a legitimate worry for the responsible for the instruction of our children.The same concern ...read more

by Emily Buziewicz

It seems it used to be that handfuls of students "slipped through the cracks." Now it seems that handfuls of students remain on the edges of the chasm in which their classmates ...read more

by Danette M. Scott

Is engaging parents in their children's education a major factor in turning around low-performing schools? In America, parents are a force to be reckoned with. Families a...read more

by Terri Kelley

Parents are the catalyst for change in a student's life. Parents determine how a child views educations, responsibility, and relationships. Parents, good or bad, influence eve...read more

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by Marjorie Rothenberg

There is no doubt that the end result of a parent's engagement in school studies is a more successful student. It follows, therefore, that as more students perform successfully ...read more