Family Factors and the Educational Success of Children

William Jeynes is a professor of Education at California State University in Long Beach. He has written extensively on family issues and conducted several meta-analyses on parental involvement and the impact of parental family structure on students' academic and behavioral outcomes.

This insightful collection of essays provides a nuanced and sophisticated look into the ways the family furthers academic achievement and other beneficial student behavior. The findings will help educators, policy makers and parents more clearly to understand how healthy family dynamics contribute to the school experiences of youth. The examples and thoughtful reflections will help them envision how schools can partner with families to improve these vital relationships. Perry L. Glanzer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Baylor UniversityThis book successfully pulls together cutting-edge research from a variety of disciplines and types of inquiry and provides an important history and overview of the subject. It also draws attention to the role of religious belief in educational success. In this accountability-driven era, when people search for nearly any solution to increase the success of students, it is good to have the idea of parental involvement aired out for investigation. Educational researchers, school administrators and teachers, policymakers, and parents will benefit from reading this work and applying its principles to their own work with children.Joanne Marshall, Associate Professor of Education, Iowa State University

• 1. Introduction: The Salience of Family Factors in Children’s School Experiences William JeynesSummaries of the Effects of Parental Style and Parental Involvement2. Parenting Styles: The impact on student achievement Lola Brown and Shrinidhi Iyengar3. Families, their children’s education, and the public school: An historical review Diana Hiatt-Michael4. Father Involvement and Children’s Early Learning: A Critical Review of Published Empirical Work from the Past 15 Years Jason Downer, Rodrigo Campos, Christine McWayne, and Tara GartnerParental Involvement and the Academic Achievement of Hispanic Students5. Community Literacy Resources and Home Literacy practices among Immigrant Latino Families Leslie Reese and Claude Goldenberg6. Examining Famial-Based Academic Success Factors in Urban High School Students: The Case of Puerto Rican Female High Achievers Rene Antrop-Gonzalez, William Velez, and Tomas Garrett7. Expectations, Aspirations, and Achievement among Latino Students of Immigrant Families Dick M. Carpenter IIEducation & Religion as a means of improving family life8. Family, denomination and the adolescent worldview: an empirical enquiry among 13- to 15-year-old females in England and Wales Leslie J. Francis9. The Influence of Religion on Latino Education, Marriage, and Social Views in the United States Gastòn EspinosaParental Involvement as a Means of Improving the Quality of Life10. Increased Family Involvement in School Predicts Improved Child-Teacher Relationships and Feelings about School for Low-income Children Eric Dearing, Holly Kreider, and Heather B. Weiss11. Effects Of Parental Involvement On Experiences of Discrimination And Bullying William H. JeynesImproving Parental Involvement & Building Partnerships12. How Parents and Teachers View their School Communities Sam Redding13. Altering the Curriculum of the Home: Learning Environments for Korean and U.S. Students Susan J. Paik14. Caregiver Engagement in Religious Urban Elementary Schools Martin Scanlan15. High School Family Centers: Transformative Spaces Linking Schools and Families in Support of Student Learning Karen L. Mapp, Vivian R. Johnson, Carol Sills Strickland, and Catherine Meza16. Families Home Schooling in a Virtual Charter School System Carol Klein and Mary Poplin