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The broken compass : parental involvement with children's education / Keith Robinson, Angel L. Harris.

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It seems like common sense that children do better when parents are actively involved in their schooling. But how well does the evidence stack up? The Broken Compass puts this question to the test in this scientific investigation into how parents across socioeconomic and ethnic groups contribute to...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Authors: Robinson, Keith (Author), Harris, Angel L., 1975- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Education > Parent participation > United States.
Home and school > United States.
Education > Parent participation.
Home and school.
United States.
Electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • The role of parental involvement in children's schooling
  • Parental involvement and social class
  • Implications of parental involvement at home by social class
  • Implications of parental involvement at school by social class
  • Academic orientation among parents at home by race
  • Effectiveness of parental involvement at home by race
  • Parental involvement at school by race
  • Implications of parental involvement at school by race
  • Parenting and poor achievement
  • Setting the stage for academic success.

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