Parent involvement

What does the research say?

Over the past several years, there has been a growing recognition of the valuable contribution parents make to their children's education. In this section you will find information about increasing parent involvement, research on what kinds of involvement have the greatest impact, and tips for parents on how to be involved in their children's education.

• 2011

  PISA in Focus: What can parents do to help their children succeed in school?

  OECD, 2011. This short research report developed by the OECD confirms a number of major findings about effective parent involvement using international data from the Programme for International Student Assessment.

• 2011

  Annual Report on School Councils 2011

  The 2011 Report on School Councils shows improvements in councils’ connections to school board Parent Involvement Committees and an increase in the use of technology to communicate with families. “School.

• 2011

  Doing what matters most: How parents can help their children succeed at school

  People for Education, 2011. Our researchers reviewed thirty years of research from Canada, the United States and England to see how parents can help their children succeed in school.

• 2010

  Connecting with community and creating welcoming schools
  School council report 2010

  People for Education, 2010. This report is based on results of surveys of Ontario’s school councils.

• 2010

  Parent engagement policy

  Ontario Ministry of Education, 2010. The Parent engagement policy emphasizes a vision of schools as places of partnership and respect, where every parent feels included.

• 2010

  A new goal for public education: Schools at the centre
  Annual report on Ontario’s publicly funded schools 2010

  People for Education, 2010. Using data from the People for Education Annual School Survey, as well as information from the EQAO, Statistics Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Education, this.

• 2009

  Parent Inclusion Manual

  People for Education, 2009. This manual contains information, tips, and ideas that have come from parents, community agencies and educators across the province.

• 2008

  Parent Involvement: What Works?

  People for Education, 2008. In this review of the literature on parent involvement, the author finds that there is no uniform agreement on what constitutes parent involvement and/or engagement.

• 2007

  Public attitudes toward education in Ontario

  Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 2007. This report includes the 2007 results of the ongoing OISE Survey of Educational Issues.

• 2007

  2007 Survey of Canadian attitudes toward learning

  Canadian Council on Learning, 2007. This report includes findings from a survey of more than 5,000 Canadians.

• 2006

  Parent inclusion activities in Ontario: A snapshot of current activities

  People for Education, 2006. Parents provide a link between the education and childcare systems and the children who are the focus of the systems.