The facts are in. A strong connection between parental involvement and a
child’s scholastic achievement and social adaptability are now well documented
in educational research.
"When schools, families, and communities work together to
support learning, children tend to do better in school, stay in school longer,
and like school more." That's one finding of a January 2003 report from the
National Center for Family & Community Connections with Schools at the
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.” Source:
National Education Association.
As recognition of this research has filtered through the
educational community, schools increasingly look to modern technology to
connect with and to parents eager for information on their children’s progress.
SchoolReach is more than a parent notification system. Our expanded range of
services allow schools to organize, contact, and even directly communicate with
parents through the use of automated tip lines, recorded homework lines, exam
notices, after-school activities, and even health and nutrition updates.
School districts use the SchoolReach solution to create a
sense of community among parents, helping working moms and dads schedule time
to interact with their children in school-related activities.
For more information on Parental Involvement, check out
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“Researchers have found that the more active forms of parent involvement produce
greater achievement benefits than the more passive ones. That is, if parents
receive phone calls, read and sign written communications from the school, and
perhaps attend and listen during parent teacher conferences, greater
achievement benefits accrue than would be the case with no parent involvement
at all. “
Source: Parent Involvement in Education, Kathleen Cotton and Karen Reed Wikelun,
as cited on the
Northwest Regoinal Educational Librarywebsite.
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