Parent Involvement in Education
Parental Involvement in Education
Lisa Vasas
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
Abstract
This paper was about the benefits of parents being more involved in their children’s educations, researchers have noticed that if more parents were involved in their children’s educations, they would have a more positive outlook on life. They have also found that more children would go on to furthering their education. Peters, Seeds, Goldstein and Coleman performed many research tests on this in 2007. There were many articles and much research to support that parent involvement influenced their children’s successful academic achievements. This paper concluded that parental involvement in education is beneficial to the children’s success.
Parental Involvement in Education In recent years, the Federal Government has implemented the No Child Left Behind Act. This act mandated that educators will no longer “teach to the middle” (Busby, Hubbard, 2004 pg 300), which left many students in the classroom behind others in their education. Unacceptable standardized test scores reflected the change in the education teaching in our schools. Effective teaching and following this mandate requires that educators consider the needs of all their students’ differences and the needs of a broad range of learners. This is a difficult assignment for these educators who already have an overflowing plate of responsibilities. (Busby & Hubbard, 2004) Despite the unacceptable standardized test scores, the American educational system is considered one of the best in the world according to researchers Busby & Hubbard. The National Center for Education statistics reports the following (1999): • 95% of school-aged children attend school • The United States has the third highest graduation rate in the world • The American public educational system is the only one in the world that encourages all children to attend school until graduation, • College
Lisa Vasas
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
Abstract
This paper was about the benefits of parents being more involved in their children’s educations, researchers have noticed that if more parents were involved in their children’s educations, they would have a more positive outlook on life. They have also found that more children would go on to furthering their education. Peters, Seeds, Goldstein and Coleman performed many research tests on this in 2007. There were many articles and much research to support that parent involvement influenced their children’s successful academic achievements. This paper concluded that parental involvement in education is beneficial to the children’s success.
Parental Involvement in Education In recent years, the Federal Government has implemented the No Child Left Behind Act. This act mandated that educators will no longer “teach to the middle” (Busby, Hubbard, 2004 pg 300), which left many students in the classroom behind others in their education. Unacceptable standardized test scores reflected the change in the education teaching in our schools. Effective teaching and following this mandate requires that educators consider the needs of all their students’ differences and the needs of a broad range of learners. This is a difficult assignment for these educators who already have an overflowing plate of responsibilities. (Busby & Hubbard, 2004) Despite the unacceptable standardized test scores, the American educational system is considered one of the best in the world according to researchers Busby & Hubbard. The National Center for Education statistics reports the following (1999): • 95% of school-aged children attend school • The United States has the third highest graduation rate in the world • The American public educational system is the only one in the world that encourages all children to attend school until graduation, • College
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