We all know that parent involvement in a child’s education plays a critical role in their success. When parents are involved in things such as, committees at the school, present at parent teacher conferences, and take time to go over and practice things the kid is learning, it can drastically improve a child’s attentiveness in the classroom, due to the fact that their parents are making it seem more easy and fun for their child, as well as due to the fact that extra practice increases one’s ability to master the topic faster and more swiftly.
According to a study done by, the California State University of Long Beach, on whether or not parent involvement in education plays a role in the success of a student. The study ended up finding that parents getting involved in a students education is in fact corresponding directly to a students success. Also it shows that parental involvement for minority students also improve the minority students ability to succeed in school.
This link will take you directly to their study for you to see the results for yourself along with a more in depth write up on how and what they did to find this information.
Parents involving their self with a students education also allows a student to do better in social situations more easily than those without parents being very involved. Also if parents die get involved with their child’s education, the student will in turn have better behavior in the classroom, will be able to adapt to a school more swiftly, as well as perform better in the classroom and on tests. An article written by Henderson, and K.L. Mapp In 2002, called “A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact if School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement”, explains that parental involvement leads directly to a students educational prevalence. “Regardless of family income or background, students whose parents are involved in their schooling are more likely to have higher grades and test scores, attend school regularly, have better social skills, show improved behavior, and adapt well to school” Henderson, A.T., and K.L. Mapp. 2002.
Given that parental involvement has its major benefits when it comes to a student succeeding in school, one thing it also does for a student is that, it gives a student the ability to be better in social situations and I turn allows them behave better in school. The graph below shows how exactly a household situation can directly impact a student’s ability to behave in school, and do well in school also.
This graph allows us to see that if the student has two parents taking care of them, whether or whether not they are married, they are less likely to be suspended or repeat a grade than those live in “other families”, or families containing one parent or a guardian taking care of them. If two parents are involved in a child’s life, married or not, it gives a child the support of two adults, who can give their time to help their child. Say one parent is working, (in a traditional family this would be the case), one parent can work while the other can give their attention to their child and assist them with school tasks at home, as well as practice with them when things become difficult. If you only have one parent or a guardian taking care of you, the priority for them is not education. It is making money and being able to provide for you food and clothes. This means that a student is less able to be focused on things such as education and adapting to social settings. In turn letting their education suffer, and are more likely to repeat grades, and get in trouble in school due to the lack of a adult figure constantly present.
Having more than one parent in your life allows one parent to more easily be involved and able to take time from work, (if both parents are working, due to the fact money isn’t as big of an issue), to become involved in their child’s schooling. This then allows the child to benefit from the parental support and prevail in school. Students without that parental support, (due to the inability to take time off work, because money is a necessity and providing for the family with only one person supporting is much harder than with two), suffer and lose out on reaping the benefits of parental support and motivation in school, and proceed fall down the path of failure and trouble.