A Great Education Starts at Home – Increasing Parent Involvement in Education

If there’s one thing that just about everyone involved in education agrees on, it’s that when parents are actively and constructively involved in their children’s education
it can make a very big difference in how well students
do in school. Parents (or grandparents or guardians)
are not only their children’s first teachers, they are the only teachers kids have throughout their entire childhood. Meanwhile schoolteachers must contend with large classes and tight budgets, meaning they simply cannot give every child the kind of individualized attention that would be ideal. Research tells us that schools that have a lot of parent involvement are frequently more successful than those that don’t.

These are just some of the reasons why it’s so
important that parents or guardians play a major
role in supporting their children’s education.

Full Report: http://www.publicagenda.org/files/pdf/Choicework_Parental_Involvement.pdf