Parent involvement is a powerful influence in student educational success. The challenge comes in transforming knowledge into practice and practice into results. The most comprehensive survey of the research is a series of publications developed by H. Henderson, Anne Henderson, and Nancy Berla: Parent Participation-Student Achievement: The Evidence Grows (1981), The Evidence Continues to Grow (1987) and A New Generation of Evidence: The Family is Critical to Student Achievement (1995). Citing more than 85 studies, these publications document the profound and comprehensive benefits for students, families, and schools, when parents and family members become participants in their children’s education and their lives. The evidence is now beyond dispute. When parents are collaboratively involved in their children’s education, their children do better in school.

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