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Peer reviewedWanat, Carolyn L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1992
A Wisconsin study of single-parent children in the seventh and eighth grades revealed four general areas of need: stability and structure, acceptance, adult attention, and parental involvement. Parents felt that the parenting role should be left to them and that schools should limit out-of-school projects and educate their children by providing…
Descriptors: One Parent Family, Parent Participation, Parent Responsibility, School Responsibility
Peer reviewedWanat, Carolyn L. – Community Education Journal, 1992
Single-parent children need stability and structure, adult attention, belonging, and parental involvement. Schools can help by educating single parents, providing a stable environment, creating opportunities to help children feel accepted, addressing social and equity issues, and improving home-school communication. (SK)
Descriptors: Children, Educational Policy, Family School Relationship, Family Structure
Download full textWanat, Carolyn L. – 1989
This study examined the needs of single-parent children in the seventh and eighth grades and the schools' response to those needs. Thirty principals, single parents, and experts were interviewed; their opinions suggested questions for a survey that was mailed to principals (N=391) and single parents (N=253). The findings indicated that principals…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Intermediate Grades, Junior High School Students
Peer reviewedWanat, Carolyn L. – Journal of School Leadership, 1994
Examines children's school needs, the school's response to those needs, and parental involvement for traditional, dual-income, and single-parent families, interviewing 12 principals and 36 parents. Respondents disagreed on specific forms parental involvement should take, but agreed that providing a climate to encourage parental involvement is the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Children, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedWanat, Carolyn L. – Journal of School Leadership, 1993
Summarizes a midwestern study of single-parent seventh and eighth graders' special school needs and the effectiveness of school policies, programs, and practices in meeting those needs. The principals surveyed felt schools were more effective than parents in meeting certain student needs. Although principals felt specific approaches were…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Counseling, Grade 7, Grade 8
Wanat, Carolyn L. – 1991
The research goals of this study were to determine the special school needs of single-parent children; the effectiveness of schools in addressing those needs; and school policies, programs, and practices that would better address the needs of these children. Subjects were principals of Iowa schools with seventh and eighth grades; single parents of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Family School Relationship, Family (Sociological Unit), Individual Needs
