1. Student-Led Conferences and Minority Student Achievement
Research conducted by the Michigan Department of Education (2002) provided information that the lack of involvement of parents is the biggest problem facing public schools. ... Data compiled by states and school districts indicate that ethnicity is strongly related to student educational success, and parental involvement is also strongly influenced by socioeconomic status based on Weiher, Tedin, LaBahn, Cross, Ogbu and numerous other researchers. ... Although a large number of studies conducted by researchers such as Baker ("The Challenges of Parental Involvement Research," 2009), Baumgardne...
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