*What the Research says about Parental Involvement in Children's Education: In Relation to Academic Achievement

This fact sheet was produced by the Michigan Department of Education. It notes the following:

  • Seventy percent of school children's waking hours are spent outside  of school
  • The most consistent predictors of children’s academic achievement and social adjustment are parent expectations of the child’s academic attainment and satisfaction with their child’s education at school

Three major factors of parental involvement in the education of their children:

  • Parents’ beliefs about what is important, necessary and permissible for them to do with and on behalf of their children;
  • The extent to which parents believe that they can have a positive influence on their children’s education; and
  • Parents’ perceptions that their children and school want them to be involved.

It also includes information related to impact, when parents should get involved, types of involvement, and obstacles.