The Basics
The following are among the studies that provide
documentation for the text material in this
publication. Up-to-date research on the family's
role in education is not easy to find in popularly
accessible libraries, even in bookstores. Selected
below are some of the more easily found sources.
For those interested in more information on these and other studies in the
field, it can be helpful to check with university and other school libraries
as well as with the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) of
the U.S. Department of Education. 
Where Our Children Learn
Benjamin Bloom, (1981). All Our Children
Learning. New York: McGraw Hill.
Reginald Clark, (1983). Family Life and School Achievement. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Alan Ginsburg and Sandra Hanson, (1988). Gaining Ground: Values and High School Success. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
Dorothy Rich, (1985). The Forgotten Factor in School Success: The Family. Washington, DC: Home and School Institute.
S.G. Timmer et al., (1984). "How Children Use Time" in Time, Goods, and Well Being. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research. University of Michigan.
James Coleman, (1991). Parental Involvement in Education. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
James Commer, (1988). "Educating Poor, Minority Children." Scientific American, 259:42-48.
Ann Henderson, Editor, (1987). The Evidence Continues to Grow: Parent Involvement Improves Student Achievement. Columbia, Md.: National Committee for Citizens in Education.
Lynn Balster Liontos, (1992). At Risk Families and Schools: Becoming Partners. Eugene, Ore.: University of Oregon, ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management.
National Commission of Children, (1992). Beyond Rhetoric: A New American Agenda for Children and Families. Washington, D.C.
What Our Children Learn From Us
Joyce Epstein, Editor,(1991). "Parent
Involvement" (Special Section). KAPPAN 72.
Educational Testing Service, (1989). Crossroads in American Education. Princeton, N.J.: National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Robert Hess et al., (1987). "Cultural Variations in Socialization for School Achievement." Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 8.
A.M. Pallas et al., (1987). "Children Who Do Exceptionally Well in First Grade." Sociology of Education 60.
Dorothy Rich, (1988, 1992). MegaSkills In School and In Life: The Best Gift You Can Give Your Child. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Herbert J. Walberg, (1984). "Families as Partners in Educational Productivity." KAPPAN 65.
How Our Children Learn From Us
Educational Testing Service, (1989). A World of
Differences: An international Assessment of
Mathematics and Science. Princeton, N.J.:
National Assessment of Educational Progress.
L.M. Laosa, (1980). "Maternal Teaching Strategies in Chicano and Anglo-American
Families: The Influence of Culture and Education on Maternal Behavior." Child
Development 51. 
Harold Stevenson and James Stigler, (1992). The Learning Gap. New York: Summit Books.
U.S. Department of Education, (1986). What Works: Research About Teaching and Learning.
All of the activities in this section have been adapted from the following copyrighted home learning activity programs of The Home and School Institute (HSI), MegaSkills Education Center.
Learning is Homegrown, developed for First Tennessee Bank.
MegaSkills Workshop Program, HSI National Training Initiative.
Project ADD (Alexandria's Dynamic Duo), developed for Alexandria City, Va. Public Schools.
Project PACT (Parents and Children Together), developed for Arlington County, Va. Public Schools.
All of the material in this section has been adapted from The Parents Q and A Library, a copyrighted program developed by The Home and School Institute under a grant from The Work in America Institute.
