OPINION: Parents have way more influence than they realize in shaping their children’s success

“Talking to them about what they learn in school and what’s happening in their lives makes all the difference”

“The evidence that parents matter a lot is rock solid. Herbert Walberg, a pioneering professor of education at the University of Illinois Chicago, .. .. found a key driver was the “alterable curriculum of the home” — namely, what parents talk about and do with their kids.” "“Key to this were parent-child conversations about everyday events.”

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