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Better
Parenting, Better Grades
By
Dr. Morton Tener
Data collected from the
National
Center
for Education indicate that students whose parents are most involved with
their lives tend to be students with the highest marks in school.
Students were asked the extent to which their parents monitored their
activities (knew where they were and what they were doing.)
GRADE
%
Of Parental Involvement
A
88%
B
81%
C
72%
D
61%
Teachers and educators frequently cite the
importance of parental involvement in the learning process.
Parents who monitor their child’s homework, for example,
reinforce the importance placed on homework by teachers, which may result
in higher scholastic performance.
Other factors correlated to higher performance are
a two parent household, how often students talked to their parents,
parental attendance at PTA meetings, and parents keeping close track of
how well a child does in school.
Parents often ask whether there is a relationship
between school success and economic status.
It was determined that the relationship between school grades and
parental influence was much the same regardless of socioeconomic status.
The findings remain that parental involvement has a positive relationship
to student grades.
The following is a short checklist describing
different ways parents can get involved:
Encourage
extracurricular activities
Early
intervention if a problem arises
School
program involvement
School/Community
partnership
Monitor
child’s achievement
Offer
classroom resources
The responsibily for the social and emotional
development of children should be shared by the parents, the school, and
the community with the biggest factors in the equation being the parents
and family.
Dr.
Morton Tener is in his 34th year at
Glassboro
State-Rowan
University
and his 45th year in
New Jersey
education. Prior to coming to
Glassboro-Rowan
University
he was a teacher, basketball coach, guidance
counselor, vice-principal and
camp director in different school districts in
South Jersey
.
Out of all the educational experiences, his greatest love is working with
student teachers.
For more tips:
Ten
ways parents can raise children who like to read…
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