Parental Involvement

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This paper discusses parental involvement in schools, noting that parents often express a desire to be part of the process but may not follow up and actually make themselves available to teachers, administrators, counselors, and the children themselves. The values of parental involvement are discussed, as well as the consequences of a lack of such involvement.

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"An element that is lacking in much of American education is parental involvement in the schooling of children at every grade level. Parents often express a desire to be part of the process but may not follow up and actually make themselves available to teachers, administrators, counselors, and the children themselves. The importance of parental involvement is noted by Carvalho (2001), who states that there is a great deal of research showing the value of parental involvement at home and at school, seeing such involvement as a remedy for what ails schools today. She also writes, Impediments to parental involvement are reduced to parents' timidity, uneasiness at school, time constraints, and lack of encouragement from teenagers, which can be reversed by school personnel's openness and warmth, and the provision of a range of opportunities for parents. In addition to involvement in traditional fund-raising, help at special classes, sports, bands, academic clubs, and parties, participation is ..."

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