The Broken Compass: Parental Involvement with Children's Education

323 Pages·2014·4.765 MB·English

by  Keith Robinson, Angel L. Harris

The Broken Compass

The Broken Compass
Parental Involvement
with Children’s Education
Keith Robinson
Angel L. Harris
Harvard University Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, En gland
2014
Copyright © 2014 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Robinson, Keith.
Th e broken compass : parental involvement with children’s education /
Keith Robinson and Angel L. Harris.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-674-72510-2 (alk. paper)
1. Education—Parent participation—United States. 2. Home and school—
United States. I. Title.
LC225.3.R64 2014
371.19'2—dc23 2013012420
To Robert F. (Bob) Schoeni, an excellent mentor
who has meant so much to both of our careers

Contents
1 Th e Role of Parental Involvement in Children’s Schooling 1
2 Parental Involvement and Social Class 26
3 Implications of Parental Involvement at Home
by Social Class 44
4 Implications of Parental Involvement at School
by Social Class 62
5 Academic Orientation among Parents at Home by Race 85
6 Eff ectiveness of Parental Involvement at Home by Race 114
7 Parental Involvement at School by Race 129
8 Implications of Parental Involvement at School by Race 153
9 Parenting and Poor Achievement 179
10 Setting the Stage for Academic Success 199
11 Conclusion 220
Appendix A: Sources of Data 235
Appendix B: Methodology 241
Appendix C: Descriptive Tables 257
Appendix D: Guide of “Eff ects” by Race 271
Notes 273
References 279
Ac know ledg ments 305
Index 307

The Broken Compass