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Johnson, Jean; Gupta, Jyoti; Hagelskamp, Carolin; Hess, Jeremiah – Public Agenda, 2013
Are parents an untapped resource in improving and reimagining K-12 education in Kansas City? What do they think would enhance student learning and what are they willing to do to help their children get the education they deserve? These are among the questions explored in an in-depth survey of 1,566 parents with children now in public school in the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes, Educational Improvement, Parent Role
Chase, Richard A.; And Others – 1985
This report provides findings of an in-person survey of single parents in Ramsey County, Minnesota. The report is organized into seven chapters. Chapter 1 provides a current demographic, educational, and economic profile of single parents and examines whether the backgrounds of single parents relate to their present conditions. Chapter 2 describes…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Employed Parents, Employment Patterns, Family Income
Melby, Janet N. – 1993
This study examined the relationship between parental childrearing behaviors and adolescent academic competence in 393 seventh-graders from rural two-parent families with similar educational and economic backgrounds. Data was collected from school academic records, adolescent and parent questionnaires, and observer ratings. Results indicate that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Child Rearing, Demography