The purpose of this project was to create a handbook to assist parents of first grade students with reinforcing foundational reading skills. This handbook was developed based on Common Core Standard requirements. It includes instructional guidance, us . . .

First-generation college students are entering institutions of higher education, but many are not graduating with a bachelor’s degree. Their parents, unaware of the expectations that college requires of students, may not know how to best support their . . .

Social media use is a common everyday practice by middle school students today with the availability of smart phones in almost every household in the US. As they begin their journey into adolescence, many school students receive their first smart phon . . .

Research indicates that children do better academically when their parents are directly involved in their education, but parents of ethnically and linguistically diverse students fail to participate in schools at the same level as families from the do . . .

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a college knowledge intervention program on parents' and adolescents' college knowledge, parental involvement, adolescents' perceived parental involvement, and adolescents' academic goals before a . . .

With the United States falling behind other countries in mathematics, creating uniform national standards that define mathematic content was a priority to gain competency in mathematics (Schmidt, 2012). The Common Core State Standards of Mathematics ( . . .

In today’s society, children of immigrants are the fastest growing youth population in the United States. It is projected that by the year 2040, one of three children will be raised in an immigrant household. First- and second-generation children of i . . .

This project focused on school culture enrichment and elementary school administrators. It presented a handbook of strategies to enrich school culture using peer reviewed research and best practices as discussed in Chapter Two of the project.

Problems are ongoing as schools attempt to build relationships with parents through constant communication (St. George, 2010). With technology becoming increasingly popular, schools have access to innovative ways to improve communication. The purpose . . .

Parent involvement in schools is a crucial component to student learning; however, schools continue to struggle with having parents attend school related meetings or workshops. One main conflict is that there is no effective approach or method of impl . . .