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Gonzalez, Laura M.; Villalba, José A. – School Community Journal, 2018
Parents have long served a crucial role in their children's postsecondary success through guidance and support. In an effort to help Latina/o parents in emerging immigrant communities overcome any limits to their knowledge around college-going practices, this study evaluates the feasibility and beginning efficacy of a parent-focused,…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Parent Education, Parent Aspiration, Parent Role
Ratliffe, Katherine T.; Ponte, Eva – School Community Journal, 2018
Family-school partnerships have been shown to improve academic and social outcomes for children, yet there have been challenges in developing effective partnerships with diverse families. This phenomenological study examined perspectives of immigrant and local parents with regards to family-school partnerships in Hawai?i to provide insights…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Parent Attitudes, Phenomenology
Liang, Senfeng – School Community Journal, 2015
This qualitative study examines how Chinese immigrant parents perceive the importance of sending their children to a "good" school district and analyzes their strategies in doing so. Nine families from different economic and educational backgrounds participated in the study. Results show that some parents were not satisfied with…
Descriptors: Chinese Americans, Immigrants, Parents, School Districts
Poza, Luis; Brooks, Maneka Deanna; Valdés, Guadalupe – School Community Journal, 2014
Teachers and administrators in schools with large, working-class Latino populations often complain of parents' indifference or lack of involvement in children's schooling because of their low visibility at school events and relatively little face-to-face communication with teachers and school administration. In a series of semi-structured…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Immigrants, Hispanic Americans, Family School Relationship
Beauregard, France; Petrakos, Harriet; Dupont, Audrey – School Community Journal, 2014
The immigrant population is increasing steadily every year in Canada and in Quebec, in particular. The immigrant population is made up largely of families, most of whom have school-age children. However, we have little information on the practices these parents adopt when they become involved in their children's schooling. In this study, 28…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Parent Participation, Educational Practices
Bennett-Conroy, Waveline – School Community Journal, 2012
This article describes the development and evaluation of a classroom-based, low-cost intervention to increase parents' involvement in their children's education. In Phase 1 of the study, 17 parents of 8th grade students in a low-income, high immigrant and minority school district were interviewed to conduct a qualitative assessment of factors…
Descriptors: Homework, Stakeholders, Intervention, Statistical Analysis