Low Participation Rates amongst Latino Parents in Education and Metho

One of the most crucial topics in education is the affaire of parents in their childs shallow as well as their education. For the past few decades research has been conducted about the involvement of parents in their community drills as well as the influence that is has. However, it has been celebrated that it is within minority communities and families where there is the least list of involvement in their childs school and education, more so in Hispanic communities. Although the amount of involvement does non necessarily reflect the parents concern of the childs academic performance, educators chip in proclaimed that parental involvement does in fact attend to the student perform academically better Various studies indicate that parental involvement is salient in determining how well children do in school at both the elementary and secondary school levels (Christian et. al., 1998). Yet, it has come to many educational leaders attention that there has been a steady decline i n parental involvement across the country and Latino and other minority communities seem to have the lowest number of participation in their school. Many researchers have investigated and still do to find the cause of why there is a lack of parents involved in school within these minority communities. Parental involvement has become of the centerpieces of educational dialogue among educators, parents, and political leaders. The presence of more parents in the workforce, the fast pace of modern society as a while and the declining theatrical role of the family have all been reasons that some social-scientist have pointed to explain an apparent decline in parental involvement in education(Coleman & Hoffer, 1987). This is one of the growing believed reasons in why there ... ...viting parents no matter the gender, class, or race to become involved in their school. Martinez-Cosios case in her article is a hone example of what occurs daily to parents whom try to get involved, more so Latinos. However, this is not always the case. Researchers are digging deeper into the more emotional aspect of why Latino parents tend to lack in parental involvement in the schools. The women felt that the school was an extension of their home, and that the teachers served as surrogate mothers (Ramirez, 2003). Latino women see school as another home for their child as well as see the teachers as another mother to their child therefore, it is easy to conclude that mothers do not participate in their childs school because they believe that the surrogate mothers take safekeeping of everything involved within the school while they take care of home issues.