TY - JOUR
T1 - Youth as a bridge between home and school
T2 - Comparing student voice and parent involvement as strategies for change
AU - Mitra, Dana L.
PY - 2006/8
Y1 - 2006/8
N2 - This article analyzes efforts to increase parent involvement and student voice among Mexican American families who are low income at a large comprehensive high school. Although the parent-involvement effort ultimately failed, the students developed their own initiatives to help support Latino youth and their families, including the development of a bilingual tutoring program and a translation program for families needing to communicate with the school. The experiences in this article suggest that, rather than focusing solely on parent-involvement strategies, schools also increase student voice as a way to bridge the gap between families and the school and to improve student outcomes.
AB - This article analyzes efforts to increase parent involvement and student voice among Mexican American families who are low income at a large comprehensive high school. Although the parent-involvement effort ultimately failed, the students developed their own initiatives to help support Latino youth and their families, including the development of a bilingual tutoring program and a translation program for families needing to communicate with the school. The experiences in this article suggest that, rather than focusing solely on parent-involvement strategies, schools also increase student voice as a way to bridge the gap between families and the school and to improve student outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1177/0013124506287911
DO - 10.1177/0013124506287911
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33745678341
SN - 0013-1245
VL - 38
SP - 455
EP - 480
JO - Education and Urban Society
JF - Education and Urban Society
IS - 4
ER -