Latinx Family Engagement in Schools and Surrounding Communities: Assessing the Impact of Parent (and Other Family Member) Development on Improving Student Educational Outcomes at Gene Ward Elementary School

Rosemary  Q. Flores; Phyllis Morgan; Linda Rivera; Christine Clark

doi:10.3390/educsci9020149

Education Sciences (Jun 2019)

Latinx Family Engagement in Schools and Surrounding Communities: Assessing the Impact of Parent (and Other Family Member) Development on Improving Student Educational Outcomes at Gene Ward Elementary School

Rosemary Q. Flores,
Phyllis Morgan,
Linda Rivera,
Christine Clark

Affiliations

Rosemary Q. Flores: School of Public Policy and Leadership, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
Phyllis Morgan: Gene Ward Elementary School, Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV 89119, USA
Linda Rivera: Lower Colorado Region of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, Boulder City, NV 89005, USA
Christine Clark: Teaching and Learning, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci9020149
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 2
p. 149

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This article examined the success of broadly defined family engagement activities of Latinx parents of students at Gene Ward Elementary School. Gene Ward Elementary School is a part of the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada. This article is based on a larger study of parent and family member participants in these activities at 25 district schools between 2003 and 2012.

Published in Education Sciences

ISSN: 2227-7102 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Education
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/education

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