Parent Engagement in Student Achievement and How Schools Can Help

The author “highlights the research-indicated superiority of home-based parent involvement compared to school-based parent involvement in children’s learning processes. Many school-based initiatives designed to engage families in student learning to-date have been surface-level, unsustainable, and, when present, have focused on what parents and caregivers can do in their child’s brick and mortar learning environment (e.g., conference participation, volunteering, etc.).”

Comment: The author compares the home-based involvement vs. what we have in many schools, the “school-based involvement” and “research-indicated superiority of home based-involvement.

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