Parent Involvement and School Responsiveness: Facilitating the Home–School Connection in Schools of Choice

1995 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Bauch ◽  
Ellen B. Goldring
Keyword(s):  
Parent Involvement ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Home School ◽  
School Type ◽  
Schools Of Choice ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
School Connection ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Children’S Education

School choice advocates maintain that parents who choose their schools will be involved. This study asks: (a) What are the characteristics of families who prefer different types of choice arrangements and what are their reasons for choosing? (b) How are parents involved in their children’s education under different types of choice arrangements? (c) How do schools respond to parents under different types of choice arrangements? Findings reveal that religion, income, and ethnicity are important in understanding parents’ reasons for school choice and that school type is a major factor in understanding the relationships between parent involvement and school responsiveness.

Why Didn't They Show Up? Rethinking ESL Parent Involvement in K-12 Education

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Guo
Keyword(s):  
Parent Involvement ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Parent Participation ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Teacher Communication ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
The Past ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
K 12

When I visited Canadian elementary and secondary schools over the past 10 years, many teachers told me that it was difficult to get English-as-a-second language (ESL) parents involved in K-12 education. I was often asked by teachers, "Why don't they show up at school?" The absence of ESL parents from school is often misinterpreted as parents' lack of concern about their children's education. However, many ESL parents indicated that they cared passionately. Instead of assuming that ESL parents do not care, educators need to understand the barriers that hinder some parents from participating in their children's education. This article explores the barriers affecting ESL parent-teacher communication based on relevant literature and the author's reflections. It goes on to identify parents' and teachers' varying perspectives on ESL learning, followed by indication of successful strategies to improve ESL parents' participation. The article concludes that schools and teachers must take the initiative itthe resource of ESL parent participation is to be fully utilized.

Aboriginal Parental Involvement in Education

1978 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Budby
Keyword(s):  
Parent Involvement ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Queensland Department ◽  
The Family ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
Parental Involvement In Education ◽  
Consultative Group

The Aboriginal consultative group to the Schools Commission in their report, Education for Aborigines, made the following statement about the involvement of parents in the education of their children: We are aware of recent research that emphasises the importance of adult and parent involvement in the educational process. This is particularly relevant in an Aboriginal context, where traditionally the education of children was the responsibility of the family. We are keen to see Aboriginal parents become more active in their children’s education and in turn develop more skills and greater confidence in themselves.These thoughts resound the sentiments of the Queensland Department of Education. We appreciate the need for parents to become more involved in education, in providing guidelines of what they feel should be taught to cater for the needs of the Aboriginal/Islander child.

Home/School Aide Program – Garbutt, 1976

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-50
Author(s):  
E. Kennedy ◽  
C. Ling
Keyword(s):  
Home School ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
Consultative Group

It is intended that this program will be in keeping with the recommendations of the Report to the Schools Commission by the Aboriginal Consultative Group. In particular we refer to Recommendation 8:- “We recommend that a variety of means be examined for involving Aboriginal parents in their children’s education.”

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