Research Determines That Parental Involvement Is Good For High Schoolers
I, for one, am absolutely flabbergasted by the idea that parents being involved in their children’s lives is beneficial.
Dave Huber at The College Fix reports:
Who knew? Parental involvement good for high schoolers
University of Pittsburgh researchers have done some research — and they’ve concluded that “parents should have strong relationships with their children’s teachers throughout high school.”
Hey, how ’bout that?
“Parental involvement” was determined by the “frequency and quality of communication between parents and teachers, how much parents encouraged children to problem-solve on their own, study time scheduled by parents at home and how much parents discussed the importance of education for success.”
The research showed that all types of parental involvement correlated to higher GPAs from seventh- through 11th-graders, and that a “high level of parental structure” particularly benefitted the grades of black students.
