Categories

FAMILIES, family partnership

Areas

FEDERAL, STATE:state/community connections and partnerships, DISTRICT:district/community connections and partnerships, SCHOOL:school/community connections and partnerships

Authors

Bridgeland, J.; Diulio, J. ; Streeter, R. ; Mason, J.

Published

2008

Publisher

Civic Enterprises, LLC, and Peter D. Hart Research Associates for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Abstract

Today in America, there are approximately 25 million parents who have children in American high schools. Their role in the educational achievement of their children is profound. Students with involved parents, regardless of their family income or background, are more likely to earn higher grades and test scores, enroll in higher level classes, attend school and pass their classes, develop better social skills, graduate from high school, attend college, and find productive work. The opposite is true for students whose parents are less engaged. Research confirms what common sense suggests: parents are central to the educational success of their children.

Files

• http://ea.niusileadscape.org/docs/FINAL_PRODUCTS/LearningCarousel/onedream.pdf