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Create initiatives that will support families to guide their children's learning, from preschool through high school;

Focus efforts to engage families on developing trusting and respectful relationships; and

Embrace a philosophy of partnership and be willing to share power with families. Make sure that parents and school staff understand that the responsibility for children's educational development is a collaborative enterprise (Mapp, 2004).

When parents are involved, students achieve more, regardless of socioeconomic status, ethnic/racial background, or the parents' education level;

The more extensive the parent involvement, the higher the student achievement;

When parents are involved in their students' education, those students have higher grades and test scores, better attendance, and complete homework more consistently;

When parents are involved, students exhibit more positive attitudes and behavior;

Educators hold higher expectations of students whose parents collaborate with the teacher. They also hold higher opinions of those parents;

In programs that are designed to involve parents in full partnerships, student achievement for disadvantaged children not only improves, it can reach levels that are standard for middle-class children.

Children from diverse cultural backgrounds tend to do better when parents and professionals collaborate to bridge the gap between the culture at home and the learning institution;

Students are more likely to fall behind in academic performance if their parents do not participate in school events, develop a working relationship with their child's educators, or keep up with what is happening in their child's school;

The benefits of involving parents are not confined to the early years—there are significant gains at all ages and grade levels;

The most accurate predictor of a student's achievement in school is not income or social status, but the extent to which that student's family is able to create a home environment that encourages learning; communicate high, yet reasonable, expectations for their children's achievement and future careers; and become involved in their children's education at school and in the community