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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 17
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Making Success in Education: What Black Parents Believe about Participation in Their Children's Education
Cousins, Linwood; Mickelson, Roslyn A.
Current Issues in Education, v14 n3 2011
This article examines the role of parent involvement--its meaning and effects--among a determined group of African American parents. We focus on some of the characteristics of involvement of a subset of African American parents in a larger program designed to enhance the math and science course selection of middle and high school students. As one of several factors related to school success, our findings confirm the centrality of parent participation and its implications among members of a historically marginalized group. (Contains 8 endnotes and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Parent Participation, Parent Role, Parent School Relationship, Science Curriculum, Parent Attitudes, African Americans, Individual Characteristics, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, Middle School Students, High School Students, Parent Influence, Equal Education, Workshops, Racial Factors
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
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