The January 2007  message from the Family Involvement Network of
Educators (FINE) from the Harvard University Graduate School carried the
following information. With so much focus on parent involvement, I
thought many of you might be interested in taking a look at the
following Research Digests.

 

NEW FROM FINE

Happy New Year! In this month's FINE announcement, we are pleased to
offer you two new Research Digests that are based on Harvard Family
Research Project's longstanding work with the School Transition Study.
Taken together, these briefs establish the importance of family
involvement in schools as a means of improving the academic achievement
of children living in low-income families, and highlight ways that
low-income working families stay engaged in their children's learning.

Research Digest: Family Involvement in School and Low-Income Children's
Literacy Performance
In this groundbreaking study, Eric Dearing and his colleagues
demonstrate that when families' involvement in school increases over the
elementary years, children's achievement increases. Furthermore, Dearing
and colleagues show that family involvement in school matters most for
children whose mothers have less education.
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/digest/performan
ce.html

Abstract and Full Article
To read the full abstract or to order the article in its entirety, visit
APA Online at the link below.
http://content.apa.org/journals/edu/98/4/653/

Research Digest: Making It Work: Low-Income Working Mothers' Involvement
in Their Children's Education
Drawing from the same rich study of diverse families, Heather Weiss and
her colleagues examine how low-income mothers' work patterns predict the
amount of their involvement in their children's education. Their study
also reveals a variety of involvement strategies used by working
mothers.
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/digest/obstacles
.html

Full Article
The full article is available as a pdf at the link below.
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/content/pubs/onlinepubs/makingitwork.pdf

Additional Research
To learn more about HFRP's line of family involvement research and to
access other articles based on this high-quality study of diverse
families, go to the School Transition Study page on HFRP's website.
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/sts.html

Interview
To read an interview with HFRP director Heather Weiss about HFRP's
School Transition Study work, please visit Harvard Graduate School of
Education's new Usable Knowledge website.
http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/community/CF2-3.html

 

Gail J. Price

Multimedia Specialist

National Center for Family Literacy

325 W. Main Street, Suite 300

Louisville, KY 40202

gprice at famlit.org

502 584-1133, ext. 112

 

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