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Further Reading on How Parents Make a Difference

How Parents Make a Difference

Parent Involvement: A Review of Research and Principles of Successful Practice by Becher, Rhoda McShane Becher, National Institute of Education, 1984.

Spark Your Child's Success in Math and Science: Practical Advice for Parents by Jacqueline barber, Nicole Parizeau, Lincoln Bergman. Publishers, GEM,S 2002

Critical Issues in Parental Involvement
, Andrea B. Bermudez, Steven J. Rakow, (Principal Investigators), Research Center for Language and Culture, University of Houston-Clear Lake, 1992.

"How to Raise Smart Kids" by B. Bradley Parenting, 66—71, September, 1993.

"Bring Out the Scientist in Your Child," PTA Today, 17(5), 13—15, March, 1992.

Math, Science, and Your Daughter: What Can Parents Do? by P. B. Campbell, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC, 1992.

"Parent Attitudes and Practices of Involvement in Inner-City Elementary and Middle Schools," by Susan Dauber and Joyce Epstein in Families and Schools in a Pluralistic Society, Nancy Feyl Chavkin, editor, Chapter 2, 53—71, State University of New York Press, Albany, 1993.

"Get Into the Equation: Math and Science, Parents and Children," College Board, New York, 1987.

A New Generation of Evidence: The Family Is Critical to Student Achievement by Anne T. Henderson and Nancy Berla (editors), Center for Law and Education, Washington, DC, 1997.

Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males by Freeman A. Hrabowski, Kennith I. Maton and Geoffrey L. Greif, Oxford University Press, New York, 1998.

The Home Environment and School Learning: Promoting Parent Involvement in the Education of Children by Thomas Kellaghan, Kathryn Sloane, Benjamin Alvarez, Benjamin Bloom, Jossey-Bass, Inc., San Francisco, 1993.

Parent Power: 90 Winning Ways to Be Involved and Help Your Child Get the Most Out of School by Roberta Kirshbaum with Robin Dellabough, Hyperion, New York, 1998.

"Homework: How to End the Struggle" by A. Lara, Parenting, 124-131, September, 1993.

Helping Your Child Succeed in School: A Guide for Parents of 4 to 14 Year Olds by Michael H. Popkin, Bettie B. Youngs and Jane M. Healy, Active Parenting Publishers, Atlanta, Georgia, 1995.

Beyond the Classroom: Why School Reform has Failed and What Parents Need to Do by Laurence Steinberg,


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