Youth as a Bridge Between Home and School: Comparing Student Voice and Parent Involvement as Strategies for Change  

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Mitra, Dana L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Education And Urban Society vol. 38 no. 4 (Aug. 2006), page 455-480.
Topik: student voice; parent involvement; school reform
Fulltext: 455.pdf (135.79KB)

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This article analyzes efforts to increase parent involvement and student voice among Mexican American families who are low income at a large comprehensive high school. Although the parent-involvement effort ultimately failed, the students developed their own initiatives to help support Latino youth and their families, including the development of a bilingual tutoring program and a translation program for families needing to communicate with the school. The experiences in this article suggest that, rather than focusing solely on parent-involvement strategies, schools also increase student voice as a way to bridge the gap between families and the school and to improve student outcomes.

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