Developing collaborations between families and schools to promote academic success has
a long-standing basis in research and is the focus of numerous programs and policies. We …

The Coleman Report posited that the inequality of educational opportunity appears to stem
from the home itself and the cultural influences immediately surrounding the home …

From an ecological perspective, it is important to examine linkages among key settings in
the child's life. The current study focuses on parents' involvement in children's education …

Early adolescence is often marked by changes in school context, family relationships, and
developmental processes. In the context of these changes, academic performance often …

A decade ago, Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler offered a model of the parental involvement
process that focused on understanding why parents become involved in their children's …

Whereas the focus of most parental involvement research has been on examining its effects
on student outcomes, the goal of our study was to explore the determinants of parental …

This paper analyzes data from the parent and student components of the National
Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 to investigate family educational involvement in …

Parent school involvement in children's education is associated with positive educational
outcomes. This association has prompted efforts to increase such involvement through …

The indicators of parental involvement in children's education vary considerably across
studies, most of which treat parental involvement as a unidimensional construct. This study …

Based on the presentations and discussions from a national symposium on family-school
links held at the Pennsylvania State University, this volume brings together psychologists …