Parents' Involvement with Schools in a Mexican Border Town

Abstract

6 kindergarten, 13 elementary, and 7 secondary teachers in a Mexican border town were surveyed to examine parental involvement with schools. Most teachers indicated parents of their students helped with their child's school work, volunteered, raised money, and attended school functions as well as parent-teacher conferences. Serving as room mother was more frequently reported by kindergarten than elementary teachers and by more elementary than secondary teachers as an activity in which their students' parents engaged.