Ethnic Minority Parental Involvement in Education

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Parental involvement in education has been demonstrated to have a very positive effect on the social, emotional, and intellectual progress of disadvantaged and ethnic minority school children notably, the children of Hispanic ethnicity. This paper shows that, as a result, many educational professionals and community leaders encourage greater parental participation in school programs and in their children's day-to-day educational process. The paper discusses the problems of ethnic minority / Hispanic students who are unique in many ways. It shows that the Hispanic child may be at a competitive disadvantage in school because of language differences, attendance inconsistencies (transportation issues), school programs' placement, racism, low expectations on the part of teachers, conflicting values between the home culture and school and inherent social barriers.

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"Meanwhile, information about poor educational experiences for Hispanic youth has seemingly become a motivating factor for many schools and citizens who are not satisfied with the educational system as it is. Indeed, when parents (of all ethnic groups) and schools work closely together, those children go farther in school, and the schools they attend are stronger, according to a study (San Diego Office of Education, 1997). This study used data from a nationally diverse sample of 21,814 students and their parents " data that were used in 66 different studies " and concluded: "parental involvement has a powerful effect on eighth graders' achievement." The research shows that parents working closely with teachers helps set up a "curriculum of the home" which has an average effect on achievement that is twice as large as family socioeconomic status. Among the concepts in the survey's curriculum of the home are: parent-child conversations about everyday events, discussion of leisure reading, "joint analysis of televiewing," expressions of affection, and interest in children's academic and personal growth."

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