CEA and the Ontario Institute in Studies in Education (OISE) have teamed up to provide you with relevant and timely information based on current empirical educational research. The primary goal of this project is to get relevant and needed research into the hands of parents and other interested people. They are written in plain language on topics of interest to parents, such as homework and class size.

Additional Resources For Parents

Promoting Parental Involvement, Improving Student Outcomes by Gina Gianzero: This paper discusses how different forms of parental involvement increases student success in school. 

http://www.sandiegodialogue.org/pdfs/Parental%20Involvement%20doc.pdf 

Ontario Ministry of Education: This site provides tips on a variety of ways parents may help their struggling children. 

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/abc123/eng/tips/

Special Needs Opportunity Window: This link provides web based resources and community organizations that support parents whose children may have special needs.

http://snow.idrc.ocad.ca/content/view/242/132/

People for Education: This site provides tip sheets to parents on various ways that they can help support their child in school. The tip sheets are offered in 19 different languages.

http://www.peopleforeducation.com/resources/tips.html 

Research References Informing this Issue

Badian, N.  (1988).  The Prediction of Good and Poor Reading Before Kindergarten Entry: A Nine-Year Follow-Up. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 21(2), 98-103.

Brownell M., Roos, N., Fransoo, R., Guevrèmont, A., MacWilliam, L., Derksen, S., Dik, N., Bogdanovic, B., & Sirski, M. (2004). How do educational outcomes vary with socioeconomic status? Key findings from the Manitoba Child Health Atlas 2004. Winnipeg, MB. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy.

Bowers, A. (2007).  Grades and graduation: Using K-12 longitudinal cohort data to predict on-time graduation.  Paper presented to the American Educational research Association, Chicago.

Gleason, P., and Dynarski, M. (2002).  Do we know whom to serve?  Issues in using risk factors to identify dropouts. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 7(1), 25-41.

Morgan, P., Farkas, G. and Wu, Q. (2009).  Five-Year Growth Trajectories of Kindergarten Children with Learning Difficulties in Mathematics.  Journal of Learning Disabilities, 42(4), 306.

OECD (2010).  Pathways to success: How knowledge and skills at age 15 shape future lives in Canada.  Paris: OECD.