Answer to Question #244467 in Sociology for TCM

Question

What are the specific levels and agents that is needed to be engaged with most meaning to maximize social development outcomes for school going children.

Answer 1

ParentsParents as the primary resource in the education of their children is best exemplified in home learning. Home learning is the activity, or set of activities, that parents and family members may engage in to help their children succeed academically. This partnership role between parents and/or family members and schools may have the greatest impact on achievement.

Parents and community members as supporters and advocates for the education of their children is facilitated through site-based school restructuring. Restructuring schools to create parent and community partnerships with schools focuses on organizational structure. Changing activities; creating new relationships between parents, families, communities, and schools; and implementing innovative strategies are ways that schools can restructure to facilitate parent and community involvement in this role.