"Best Bets" for Increasing Educational Expectations: Promote Greater Parental Involvement in Adolescents' Education

Further, in two studies parental involvement in school was demonstrated to predict adolescents' educational expectations (Trusty, 1999; Trusty & Harris, 1999). For example, Trusty (1999) found that higher levels of parental involvement in school organizations, such as involvement in parent-teacher organizations, and involvement in discussions about the adolescents' education at home in 8th grade were related to higher adolescent expectations that they would complete a bachelor's degree six years later. Likewise, Trusty and Harris (1999) found that boys from families in which parents were more involved in their education in 8th grade were less likely to have experienced declines in their expectations of attending college six years later.


 
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