Parental Involvement in Education

Re​search has shown that parental ​involvement benefits children’s education.

Just look at the benefits...

 Southwest Educational Development Laboratory 
 “..students with involved parents, no matter their income or background, are more likely to:

• ­Earn higher grades and test scores, and enroll in higher-level programs
• ­Be promoted, pass their classes and earn credits
• ­Attend school regularly
• ­Have better social skills, show improved behavior and adapt well to school
• ­Graduate and go on to post-secondary education”

- See more at:
​ http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Public-education/Parent-Involvement/Parent-Involvement.html#sthash.GGCba3Uh.dpuf

 Harvard Family Research Project 
 “The results… indicate that parental involvement is associated with higher student achievement outcomes….For the overall population of students, on average, the achievement scores of children with highly involved parents was higher than children with less involved parents.”
Dec 2005
 http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/?/category/education-learning/3/topic/parent-involvement/66/

 Visible Learning: John Hattie Study on Influences And Effect Sizes Related To Student Achievement
 Parental Involvement has a greater effect on student achievement than Quality of Teaching, Class Size, or Teacher Training, among others.
 http://visible-learning.org/hattie-ranking-influences-effect-sizes-learning-achievement/

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 The best person to advocate for a child is the adult that follows the child throughout their entire schooling career. This adult is the parent. Parents know their child best.