Parent Participation in Education: Ways of Fostering School-Home Cooperation
Abstract
Those involved in educational programs with Aboriginal children have noted that the parents have little contact with the schools, and feel that they are unable to help their children with their schoolwork, even where they express interest in their children's school progress.
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