Parent involvement in early intervention for disadvantaged children: Does it matter?
A study of parental involvement in early intervention curricula, such as participation in activities in their children's preschool and kindergarten classes and the frequency of their participation, and their children's later school competence based on assessment of data regarding 704 parents that participated in the Chicago Longitudinal Study
Reports & Papers
Parent involvement in early care and education programs: A review of the literature
A review of key issues and research related to parental involvement in child care and early education programs, with a focus on programs in Kentucky
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The new workforce generation: Understanding the problems facing parental involvement in Jordanian kindergartens
A study of obstacles to parental participation in kindergartens and a study of the differences in parental participation when considering parental gender, education level, and socioeconomic status, based on the questionnaire responses of 297 parents of children attending Amman kindergartens
Reports & Papers
Parental involvement in young children's computer use and cognitive development
An investigation of the relationship between parental involvement in computer use and cognitive development in their children in four Head Start centers with a total of 8 classrooms without a computer but with a computer in the home
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Parent involvement and extended learning activities in school improvement plans in the Midwest Region
An analysis of parent involvement and extended learning activities, including before and after school programming, in school improvement plans mandated by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin
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Poverty, race, and parental involvement during the transition to elementary school
A study of the relationships between math and reading achievement in spring kindergarten and race, parental involvement, and poverty, from a secondary analysis of data collected from 20,356 children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort
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More than teacher directed or child initiated: Preschool curriculum type, parent involvement, and children’s outcomes in the child-parent centers
An investigation of the links between early childhood curriculum designs and parent involvement and school readiness, early achievement, and future experiences, based on a study of preschool children attending Chicago Child-Parent Centers--early educational intervention services for children and families living in poverty
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Redefining parent involvement in Head Start: A two-generation approach
A review of several two-generation program evaluations: Comprehensive Child Development Program; Even Start Family Literacy Program; Head Start Family Service Centers; New Chance; and New Hope, with suggestions for enhancing the ability of Head Start programs to respond to the needs of low income families and maintain high levels of parent involvement
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Parent involvement in elementary education: Findings and suggestions from the follow through program
An account of the important function parent involvement programs can play in elementary education through analyzing the Follow Through educational model, with existing evidence pointing to the effect the parent involvement program has had over a twenty year period on multiple aspects of education and the community
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Welfare-to-work single mothers' perspectives on parent involvement in Head Start: Implications for parent-teacher collaboration
An interview-based analysis of why welfare-to-work single mothers select Head Start as their child care program, examining parent-teacher relationships and experiences with parent self-development and learning
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Family support and parent involvement in Head Start: What do Head Start Program Performance Standards require?
A brief on aspects of the Head Start Program Performance Standards that require providing services to and involving parents.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
A type of parental involvement with an isomorphic effect on urban children's mathematics, reading, science, and social studies achievement at kindergarten entry
A study of the relationship between parent-child interaction and the mathematics, general knowledge, and reading achievement of children, based on data from approximately 9,000 children from kindergarten year data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class (ECLS-K)
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Parental involvement in children's schooling: Different meanings in different cultures
A longitudinal comparison of the involvement of Chinese-American and European-American parents in the early education of their young children, with a focus on parent-child communication, parental opinions about curricula and school practices, and learning activities in the home, based on data collected from 40 children of European-American parents and 40 children of second-generation immigrants from Chinese-speaking countries all from middle-class Chicago area neighborhoods
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Case study of the Mesed project
A case study conducted at one of five locations of Mesed, a two-generation program in Hungary to provide access to high-quality early education for disadvantaged Roma children and to improve Roma parenting practices, that examines participant characteristics, maternal education level and attitudes, and parental involvement in children's education
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Preschoolers with disabilities: A look at parent involvement
Highlights of findings from a study on parent involvement in the education of their children with disabilities
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building equitable staff-parent communication in early childhood settings: An Australian case study
An exploration of strategies for creating staff-parent relationships that involve parents more in the early education and care of children, based on information from interviews and surveys of 15 child care workers from 3 centers in Victoria, Australia
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Great Parents, Great Start: Summary of parents’ opinions on services received: 2008-09 program year
An examination of parents’ perspectives on services received through the Great Parents, Great Start (GP, GS) program, an initiative to promote parenting skills and familial involvement in children’s early education programs, based on a survey of parents who participated in the GP, GS program during the 2008-2009 program year
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Parenting Education and Child/Parent Observation
Instruments
The impact of parental involvement on the quality of day care centres
An analysis of the interactions between children, parents and professional staff in four multicultural parent-run day-care centers for disadvantaged families in France, and how such interactions could facilitate cognitive development
Other
Parent involvement in early childhood home visiting
Overviews of elements of parental involvement and factors influencing parental involvement in early childhood home visiting programs
Other
Parent involvement: A new question for Head Start
A summary of a study about the relationship of the amount of parent involvement in Head Start to teacher, classroom, and family characteristics
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Great Parents, Great Start evaluation report: 2009-2010 program year
An evaluation of Great Parents, Great Start, a Michigan program to promote parenting skills and family involvement in children's early education, that examines programs' efforts to fill gaps in local early care and education service delivery, parent perceptions of parent-child play groups, and programs' use of data to improve services
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Parenting education: A Key Topic Resource List
A compilation of selected Research Connections resources focused on parenting education as it relates to child care and early education, including a summary of issues addressed in the literature, and a list of resources in the areas of: parent education programs; Even Start/ family literacy; Head Start/Early Head Start; and Healthy Steps
Bibliographies
Preschool work teams’ views of ways of working with gender: Parents’ involvement
A study of the views of teachers regarding partnerships with parents when providing gender-sensitive learning environments for preschoolers, based on focus group interviews with four teams of preschool teachers
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Great Parents, Great Start evaluation report: 2011-2012 program year
An evaluation of Great Parents, Great Start (GP,GS), a Michigan program to promote parenting skills and family involvement in children's early education, that examines program efforts to promote access to community services, based on 6 parent focus groups and on focus groups and interviews with GP,GS staff and parent leaders
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