School Engagement Among Parents of Middle School Youth is a new “issue brief” just published by the University of Chicago.

There doesn’t appear to be anything particularly new in it as illustrated by this short excerpt from its summary, but it’s probably worth a look:

…the authors present recommendations on how middle schools can effectively involve parents in their children’s educations. These strategies include providing parents with information on how to motivate and communicate expectations about learning to their children, fostering individual connections between the school staff and parents, and offering a limited number of easily-accessible programs for parents and families at the school.