ERIC Number: EJ950476
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jan
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
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Latino Parent Involvement: Examining Commitment and Empowerment in Schools
Jasis, Pablo M.; Ordonez-Jasis, Rosario
Urban Education, v47 n1 p65-89 Jan 2012
This study examines the process of parent engagement at three community and school-based parent participation projects involving Latino immigrant families in California. Through the participants' "testimonios," the study investigates the motivations and interactions contextualizing their leadership development, participation, and organizing activities as well as the significance of their emerging school activism on other aspects of their lives. Specifically, the study explores the notions of "tequio" and women-led activism, seen as critical to understanding the participants' engagement process and to increase the level and quality of Latino parent participation in schools, maximizing its positive impact on their children's education and life prospects. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Immigrants, Leadership, Hispanic Americans, Activism, Empowerment, Parent Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Program Descriptions
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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