Low Participation Rates amongst Latino Parents in Education and Metho

One of the most crucial topics in rearing is the affaire of parents in their nippers trail as rise up as their education. For the past few decades research has been conducted about the involvement of parents in their community schools as well as the influence that is has. However, it has been noted that it is at bottom minority communities and families where there is the least meat of involvement in their kidskins school and education, more so in Latino communities. Although the amount of involvement does not necessarily reflect the parents concern of the shavers academic performance, educators rush proclaimed that parental involvement does in point help the student perform academically better Various studies forecast 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 in parental involvement across the boorish and Latino and other minority communities seem to have the lowest itemize of participation in their school. Many researchers have investigated and still do to make up ones mind the cause of why there is a lack of parents elusive in school within these minority communities. Parental involvement has require of the centerpieces of educational dialogue among educators, parents, and political leaders. The presence of more parents in the workforce, the fast footstep of modern society as a while and the declining 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 perfect example of what occurs daily to parents whom try to get involv ed, more so Latinos. However, this is not always the case. Researchers are digging deeper into the more emotional manifestation 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 care of everything involved within the school while they take care of home issues.