Making Success In Education: What Black parents believe about participation in their children's education.

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 selec...

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Main Authors: Linwood Cousins, Roslyn A. Mickelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona State University 2011-09-01
Series:Current Issues in Education
Online Access:https://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu/article/view/784
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spelling doaj-fe01dd8ab4c34c21a93ecd4a832682de2021-09-02T17:35:21ZengArizona State UniversityCurrent Issues in Education1099-839X2011-09-01143Making Success In Education: What Black parents believe about participation in their children's education.Linwood Cousins0Roslyn A. Mickelson1Western Michigan UniversityUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte 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. https://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu/article/view/784
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