Annotated Bibliography: Keeping Parents Involved Through High School
Marcia Nupp
Understanding Truancy
University of Pittsburgh
Annotated Bibliography Constantino, S. (2007). Keeping parents involved through high school. Education Digest, 73(1), 57-61.
A survey distributed to families and collected by Family Friendly Schools, supports the organization’s position that students do better when their parents are involved their education. The results of the survey concluded with four main points, one of them being student attendance is better when parents are engaged in school activities and function, which results in the student being more connected to the school and school community. The author offered a range of suggestions to reach challenging families and students. Dembo, G., & Gulledge, L. (2009). Truancy intervention programs: challenges and innovations to implementation. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 20(4), 437-456. The authors analyze the importance of criminologist studying troubled youth who have high truancy rates. Truant students’ defiant behavior has historically cost taxpayers and society a tremendous amount of money as these individuals enter the legal system. The authors feel students with high truancy rates …show more content…
Parents, students, the School Resource Officer, administrators and teachers, and outside community sources were involved in the court process. In the short-term, attendance court makes a difference offering parents and students alike resources they need such as family counseling, housing, and other resources the family may lack that might present itself as an obstacle for students to get to school. Students with a mild truancy record were greatly impacted and their truancy rates decreased; however, students with historical truancy problems, the court made little impact. The study was not based on a long-term study of the
Understanding Truancy
University of Pittsburgh
Annotated Bibliography Constantino, S. (2007). Keeping parents involved through high school. Education Digest, 73(1), 57-61.
A survey distributed to families and collected by Family Friendly Schools, supports the organization’s position that students do better when their parents are involved their education. The results of the survey concluded with four main points, one of them being student attendance is better when parents are engaged in school activities and function, which results in the student being more connected to the school and school community. The author offered a range of suggestions to reach challenging families and students. Dembo, G., & Gulledge, L. (2009). Truancy intervention programs: challenges and innovations to implementation. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 20(4), 437-456. The authors analyze the importance of criminologist studying troubled youth who have high truancy rates. Truant students’ defiant behavior has historically cost taxpayers and society a tremendous amount of money as these individuals enter the legal system. The authors feel students with high truancy rates …show more content…
Parents, students, the School Resource Officer, administrators and teachers, and outside community sources were involved in the court process. In the short-term, attendance court makes a difference offering parents and students alike resources they need such as family counseling, housing, and other resources the family may lack that might present itself as an obstacle for students to get to school. Students with a mild truancy record were greatly impacted and their truancy rates decreased; however, students with historical truancy problems, the court made little impact. The study was not based on a long-term study of the