There is a sizable body of research literature supporting the involvement of parents in
educational settings and activities. Because the existing literature base on parent …

Improving parental involvement with public schools can improve schools. Parental
involvement is highly important for pushing the public school systems to higher standards …

The current study evaluated the recent literature regarding schools' attempts to involve
parents in the education of their children. It chronicles programs describing the diverse …

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 …

A Key to Successful Schools Page 1 71 Working Together for Students Parental Involvement: A
Key to Successful Schools By Gérard Coulombe Gérard Coulombe, retired, was …

This article reviews psychological theory and research critical to understanding why parents
become involved in their children's elementary and secondary education. Three major …

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

Background/Context For many years, educators, parents, and social scientists have
conceptualized engaged parents as those who help their children with their homework …

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 …

Parental participation has long been recognized as a positive factor in children's education.
Research consistently shows that parents' contributions to their children's education lead to …