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Low‐Income Parents and the Public Schools
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lott, Bernice E. |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Abstract | This article addresses the responses likely to be received by low-income parents from teachers and staff in their children’s public schools in the United States. A review of the relevant literature reveals that teachers and school administrators tend to subscribe to the dominant beliefs that low-income parents do not care about their children’s schooling, are not competent to help with homework, do not encourage achievement, and do not place a high value on education. This article presents examples of such middle-class bias in the words and actions of individual teachers, and research findings that tend to contradict these stereotypes. The barriers that exist for low-income parents in interacting with the schools are discussed, and suggestions are offered for ways in which schools can recognize and respect the standpoint and potential contributions of these parents. |
| Starting Page | 247 |
| Ending Page | 259 |
| Page Count | 13 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1111/0022-4537.00211 |
| Volume Number | 57 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://inside.sou.edu/assets/education/docs/ecd/LowIncomeParentsPublicSchools.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1111/0022-4537.00211 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
