title: Family and Teacher Characteristics as Predictors of Parent Involvement in Education During Early Childhood Among Afro-Caribbean and Latino Immigrant Families.
abstract: Parent involvement is a robust predictor of academic achievement, but little is known about school- and home-based involvement in immigrant families. Drawing on ecological theories, the present study examined contextual characteristics as predictors of parent involvement among Afro-Caribbean and Latino parents of young students in urban public schools. Socioeconomic disadvantage was associated with lower home-based involvement. Several factors were associated with higher involvement, including parents' connection to their culture of origin and to U.S. culture, engagement practices by teachers and parent-teacher ethnic consonance (for Latinos only). Findings have implications for promoting involvement among immigrant families of students in urban schools.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
authors.forename: Esther J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Calzada
authors.affiliation: New York University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Keng-Yen
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: New York University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.affiliation: New York University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Soriano
authors.affiliation: New York University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: C Francoise
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Acra
authors.affiliation: New York University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Spring
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dawson-McClure
authors.affiliation: New York University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Dimitra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kamboukos
authors.affiliation: New York University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brotman
keywords: Afro-Caribbean families; Latino families; early childhood; parent involvement