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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Darth Rory
Something New Today
Baseball Today
Easter Dinner 2014
Adobe Systems West Tower 16th Fl.
Swim Lessons
Parental Involvement is Over Rated
Parental Involvement Is Overrated
Most people, asked whether parental involvement benefits children academically, would say, “of course it does.” But evidence from our research suggests otherwise. In fact, most forms of parental involvement, like observing a child’s class, contacting a school about a child’s behavior, helping to decide a child’s high school courses, or helping a child with homework, do not improve student achievement. In some cases, they actually hinder it.
Over the past few years, we conducted an extensive study of whether the depth of parental engagement in children’s academic lives improved their test scores and grades. We pursued this question because we noticed that while policy makers were convinced that parental involvement positively affected children’s schooling outcomes, academic studies were much more inconclusive.
Drying Off
25 Years of Hubble Telescope
Great slideshow of the best Hubble Telescope images, with explanations of what you see.
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