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The K-2 Parents and the Public blog on the website of Education Week recently featured professor William H. Jeynes’ article, A Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Different Types of Parental Involvement Programs for Urban Students, which is the latest addition to Harvard Family Research Project’s Family Involvement Research Digest series.

This meta-analysis of 51 studies of school-based parental involvement programs reveals that students achieve greater academic success in schools that promote parent involvement. Jeyne underscores the need for schools to provide parents structure on how to support their children's learning in order for children to achieve the greatest success. The article quotes Jeyne as saying, "It appears that when the school says, 'This is the way we want you to check homework, or this is the way to get the most out of shared reading with children,' it makes these efforts much more effective than if parents are initiating them on their own."

Read Urban Students Gain When Parent Involvement Gets School Support.

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