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The paper relates that the purpose of this Independent Learning Project (ILP) is to explore the reasons behind the sudden and alarming lack of parental involvement in school activities and classroom presence. The paper asserts that aside from actual student attendance, parental involvement is critically important in the overall success of children in school. The paper discusses how there has been a dearth of parents present on the school grounds for a myriad of reasons including: work, single parenthood, laziness, or lack of any tangible concern for the progress of their own children. The paper shows how numerous studies have shown that consistent parental involvement dramatically lowers the chances of maladies such as low test scores, inappropriate behavior, truancy, and drop-out rates. This ILP presents an overview of parental involvement in elementary schools and a handbook provides elementary school teachers, with a particular emphasis on kindergarten, with a set of strategies and support information to increase parental involvement.

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"This is an unpublished Independent Learning Project in which copyright subsists Copyright by Sheila Ross Graduation date (Month day), 2008 All Rights Reserved."

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