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Noel, Amber; Stark, Patrick; Redford, Jeremy – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
This report presents data on students in the United States attending kindergarten through grade 12. The main focus of the report is on parent and family involvement in the students' education during the 2011-12 school year as reported by the students' parents. It also includes the percentage of students who participated in family activities, as…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Parent School Relationship, Parent Conferences
Garry, Vanessa B. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Using data collected from surveys completed by grandparents for their grandchildren (N = 72), this quantitative study examines the effects grandparent primary caregivers have on the reading achievement of their African American grandchildren. The study sought to answer the following question: How do the six types of parental involvement (Epstein,…
Descriptors: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Caregiver Child Relationship, Grandchildren, African American Children
Rutherford, William L. – 1989
An assessment of the Homework Emphasis Program (HEP) at a senior high school located in a mid-sized city is presented. This program is intended to increase student learning and decrease the number of failing grades by encouraging students to complete all assigned homework. HEP involves warnings to students who have not completed homework…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High School Students, High Schools, Homework
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Blackie, John A. – Hispania, 1991
Offers a comprehensive program for improving the working relationship between home and school for foreign language programs and their students. The course outline, homework policy, parental assistance, monitoring and support, parent/teacher conferences, and the use of other special conference sessions are discussed. (seven references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Homework, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Conferences
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Instructional Resources Branch. – 1996
This bibliography is a listing of resources which provide information about the involvement of parents and guardians in the process of the education of their children. The items listed are housed in the Library, Instructional Resources Unit, Manitoba Education and Training section of the provincial government. The bibliography is divided into two…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Rearing, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries
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Blackfelner, Carol; Ranallo, Barbara – 1998
Research has demonstrated that parent involvement has many beneficial effects for students. This action research project designed and implemented a program to raise the academic achievement of second-grade students by increasing parent involvement. The students attended two second-grade classrooms in a west-central Illinois school. The problem of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 2, Homework, Parent Attitudes