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The broken compass : parental involvement with children's education / Keith Robinson, Angel L. Harris.
LIBRA LC225.3 .R64 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robinson, Keith, B.A., Ph.D., F.R.A.S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Parent participation--United States.
- Education.
- Education--Parent participation.
- United States.
- Home and school--United States.
- Home and school.
- Physical Description:
- 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- 1 The Role of Parental Involvement in Children's Schooling 1
- 2 Parental Involvement and Social Class 26
- 3 Implications of Parental Involvement at Home by Social Class 44
- 4 Implications of Parental Involvement at School by Social Class 62
- 5 Academic Orientation among Parents at Home by Race 85
- 6 Effectiveness of Parental Involvement at Home by Race 114
- 7 Parental Involvement at School by Race 129
- 8 Implications of Parental Involvement at School by Race 153
- 9 Parenting and Poor Achievement 179
- 10 Setting the Stage for Academic Success 199
- 11 Conclusion 220.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674725102
- 0674725107
- OCLC:
- 840460707
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