In marketised school systems schools are financed by taxes and school fees, which effectively turns parents and children into consumers of education. This legitimises a claim to quality schooling. This paper deals with parent satisfaction with children's schooling and is based on a case study carried out at a public primary school with a…

Although educators see the potential of mobile documentation as a tool to enhance communication between children and parents in early childhood, very little empirical research has been conducted on how parents use it. The purpose of this survey study was to investigate parents' use of mobile documentation in a Reggio Emilia-inspired school.…

The aim of this study is to investigate internet parental styles of high school students in terms of gender, grade and parental warning. The sample of the study consists of high school students, who were selected through convenience sampling method, studying in the city of Sakarya. In this study, Ayas and Horzum (2013), the Turkish version of…

As an informal teacher-leader at my elementary school, I set out to investigate the prevailing attitudes and beliefs about family involvement and engagement among stakeholders at Phoenix Charter School (PCS). I came away with three major findings: 1) There is no collective definition of family involvement, but almost all agreed that families must…

Parents have the ability to influence the educational achievements of their children who are in college by implementing strategies and techniques that will support them. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the parental involvement of Filipino-American parents who were instrumental in helping their children complete their…

The study was conducted to explore the influences of parenting styles on racial identity and academic achievement of biracial children in the Southeastern region of the United States. Despite the apparently growing number of Black and White biracial children, little research existed regarding the interactions with parents in the home lives and…

The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into two-page sheets on a variety of subjects. The topics for this report on family-school engagement of families who are speakers of other languages include: (1) Percentage of K-12 Students Whose Parents Participated in School-Sponsored Activities…

The role of parental involvement in their child's education and academic success has been widely acknowledged in recent educational theories, policies, and practices. Parental beliefs and expectations concerning their child's learning and success have been shown to be reflected in the parents' involvement in their child's education and their…

The purpose of this study was to explore the opinions of gifted students and their parents on decision-making processes in Turkey. This study employed a qualitative case study design. Data were collected from ten gifted students and their parents through individual and focus group interviews. The findings indicated that gifted children defined…

Recently play environments and materials have changed with digital materials becoming increasingly available for young children. Parents' preferences about the importance and appropriateness of digital play may influence the quality and the quantity of digital play opportunities children receive at home. The purpose of this research is to examine…

This study offers a better understanding of the reasons why parents from six different countries across the Western hemisphere chose private, non-denominational schools for their children's education. The findings deepen the knowledge in what is currently an underdeveloped field of research in education. The overarching research question was: What…

Teachers play a central role in the development of gifted students and are important actors in the (educational) system around the gifted student. However, their perceived involvement of and interactions with other actors in that system remains underexplored. Therefore, in this study, we explored teachers' perceptions of involvement and…

Evidence from rodent studies highlights the mother as a safety cue that regulates fear and biology. However, when infant rats are exposed to rough maternal care (i.e., threat), their brains show atypical patterns of activity in response to maternal cues. In humans, childhood adversity (i.e., international adoption, involvement with Child…

Purpose: This study examines the critical role of interactive and linguistic features of the family environment in the language and speech developmental trajectories of children with a history of neglect. The proposed hypothesis is that the quality of interactive features will be the primary determinant of whether children follow a normative…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of shelter-in-place orders for families, their homes simultaneously became a school, work and social activity space. The physical spaces available to families shrunk considerably. These series of events have quickly changed the daily lives of those living, residing and learning in the United States. We used…