Involved Parent Involvement In Schools

Whether it be volunteering in their student’s classroom, checking their homework, or reading with them at night, all schools promote parent involvement. Children who have involved parents are more likely to graduate from high school, continue through college, and receive a job. These students also excel in the classroom and have better behavior than kids whose parents aren’t involved in their education. Research has shown that involved parents make a positive impact on their child’s life. All parents should be involved and concerned about their child’s education. Students whose parents are involved in their education have a better outcome than students with uninvolved students. Parents who do activities such as helping their child with …show more content…
Parents who help their students with their homework and preparing for tests helps reinforce the material. “Parent involvement means better test scores and higher achievement. It also forces teachers to raise the bar and provide students with meaningful teaching and learning experiences” (France Alcena 31). Parents who work alongside their students while they are doing their homework or studying help reinforce the material and create good study habits. For example, when a student has a parent check over their homework, the parent can mark a question wrong and have their student look over it to see why they missed it and keep trying until they get the correct answer. Not only does this help the student receive a good grade on their assignment, it teaches the student to keep trying until they get the correct answer instead of giving …show more content…
In an interview with Shannon Cassidy, she told me some stories about kids whose parents were in and out of jail. She claimed that many of her own students had been in and out of jail just like their parents. These kids were disruptive during class and sometimes started fights with other students. Not only did these students have aggressive behavior in the classroom, but they also acted out during Shannon’s speaking time. Shannon said that “it was very difficult to get through lessons because I was constantly being interrupted” (Cassidy). When students have behavior problems, not only are they keeping themselves from learning, they are keeping their classmates from learning too. These disruptions take away from instruction time and if a student is disruptive for the whole year, the amount of missed instruction time adds