William H Jeynes
Biographic Data
| ID | 653234 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William H Jeynes |
| GIVEN NAMES | William H |
| FAMILY NAME | Jeynes |
| SIGNATURE | JEYNES W H |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Long Beach |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5392-2995 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 56 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 898 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 56 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
What We Now Know About Parental Engagement, Which Will Guide the Future
Social Scientists, educators, and parents have often thought of parental engagement as being a major force affecting school outcomes. Over the last more than two decades, there have been some very noteworthy advancements in the understanding of the workings of parental engagement in urban settings. A lot of this progress is due to the growth of: (1) quantitative analysis examining parental involvement and (2) the resultant increase in the level o…
A Meta-analysis: The Association Between Increased Use of Communicative Technology and Parental Involvement and the Relationship with Academic Achievement
This article shares the results of a meta-analysis on the association between parent-teacher interaction using technology-based communication and parental-involvement, and its association with the academic and behavioral outcomes of urban students. This meta-analysis includes 31 quantitative studies and well over 20,000 students. The results indicated that statistically significant effects did not emerge, except to some degree at the elementary s…
A Meta-Analysis: The Relationship Between the Parental Expectations Component of Parental Involvement with Students’ Academic Achievement
This paper shares the results of a meta-analysis on the parental-expectations component of parental –involvement and its relationship with the student outcomes of urban students. Special attention is paid to parental expectations, because in many past studies, parental expectations has been the most salient component of parental involvement. This meta-analysis includes 54 quantitative studies that examined the relationship between the parental ex…
A Meta-Analysis: The Association Between Relational Parental Involvement and Student and Parent Outcome Variables
This paper shares the results of a meta-analysis on the parental-relational component of parental-involvement and its association with the academic and behavioral outcomes of urban students. This meta-analysis includes 76 quantitative studies. The results indicated that statistically significant effects emerged across students of different backgrounds, including differences by age groups, race, gender, and nationality. The results were also subst…
A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Cannabis, Opiates, Cocaine, Heroin, or other Illegal Drug Use and Student Academic and Behavioral Outcomes
The meta-analysis, that included 75 studies, examined the relationship between illegal drug consumption, on the one hand, and student academic and behavioral outcomes, on the other, for the middle school to college grade levels. The meta-analysis first (research question #1) addressed whether there is a statistically significant relationship between illegal drug consumption and student academic and behavioral outcomes. A second question assessed …
A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Prayer and Student Outcomes
A meta-analysis, including 13 studies, was undertaken on the relationship between the exercise of student prayer and academic and behavioral outcomes in urban schools. Analyses both with and without sophisticated controls (e.g., socioeconomic status, race, and gender) were used. Additional analyses were done to determine whether the effects of prayer differed by the quality of the study. The results indicated that the exercise of prayer is associ…
A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Student Abstinence-Only Programs and Sexual Behavior and Attitudes
This meta-analysis of 14 studies examines the relationship between abstinence-only programs and the sexual behavior and—attitudes of urban students from middle school to early in college. The results indicate a significant relationship between abstinence-only programs and the outcomes examined. Abstinence-only programs, as a whole, were associated with reduced premarital sexual behavior by nearly .4 of a standard deviation unit. For sexual behavi…
A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Character Education and Student Achievement and Behavioral Outcomes
An extensive meta-analysis, including 52 studies, was undertaken on the relationship between character education and student achievement and behavioral outcomes. Additional analyses were done to determine whether the effects of character education differed by student grade level, locale, race, and so on. The results indicated that character education is associated with higher levels of educational outcomes, no matter what type of standardized or …
A practical model for school leaders to encourage parental involvement and parental engagement
In this paper the author introduces a very practical model to guide school leaders/managers into supporting parental -involvement and -engagement in their schools. The model is called the Dual Navigation Approach (DNA). This rubric is based on six meta-analyses that he conducted over the last fifteen years. What is presented therefore is a data based paradigm of parental –involvement and -engagement, which will help school leaders and managers un…
A Meta-Analysis: The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and Latino Student Outcomes
This meta-analysis of 28 studies examines the relationship between parental involvement and the academic achievement and school behavior of Latino pre-kindergarten-college-age children. Analyses determined the effect sizes for parental involvement overall and specific categories of involvement. Results indicate a significant relationship between parental involvement and academic achievement and overall outcomes, but not for school behavior. This …
A Meta-Analysis: The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and African American School Outcomes
This meta-analysis of 42 studies examines the relationship between parental involvement and the academic achievement and school behavior of African American pre-kindergarten through college freshman school children. Analyses determined the effect sizes for parental involvement overall and specific categories of involvement. Results indicate a significant relationship between parental involvement and academic achievement and overall outcomes, but …
Meta-Analysis on the Roles of Fathers in Parenting: Are They Unique
A meta-analysis was undertaken, including 34 studies, to determine whether fathers play a unique role in parenting that is different from mothers’ roles. Statistical analyses were done to determine the extent to which the effects of fathering children were distinct from that of mothering. In addition to examining this phenomena overall, the meta-analysis also specifically examined social measurements, psychological indicators, and academic achiev…
A Meta-Analysis: The Relationship Between Father Involvement and Student Academic Achievement
A meta-analysis was undertaken, including 66 studies, to determine the relationship between father involvement and the educational outcomes of urban school children. Statistical analyses were done to determine the overall impact and specific components of father involvement. The possible differing effects of paternal involvement by race were also examined. The results indicate that the association between father involvement and the educational ou…
A Meta-Analysis on the Factors That Best Reduce the Achievement Gap
A meta-analyses was undertaken to determine the factors that are most related with reducing the achievement gap. The meta-analysis included 30 studies that examined attempts to bridge the achievement gap between White students on one hand and Black and Latino students on the other. The results indicate that several factors are associated with a reduced achievement gap that could help bridge the gap. A number of these factors go beyond the bounds …
School Choice and the Achievement Gap
The possibility is examined that school choice programs could be a means to reducing the achievement gap. Data based on meta-analytic research and the examination of nationwide data sets suggest that school choice programs that include private schools could reduce the achievement gap by 25%. The propounding of this possibility is based on research indicating that the achievement gap in faith-based schools is generally 25% narrower than one finds …
International Handbook of Protestant Education
What Public and Religious Private Schools Can Learn From One Another
The purpose of this issue is quite unique: to examine how both public and private religious schools can learn from one another in order to produce a more efficacious education system overall. Gener
What Private and Public Schools Can Learn From Each Other
Public school and faith-based private school educators often primarily concern themselves with the health of their own sector. We contend, however, that the United States would benefit if American educators viewed the schooling system more holistically, in the process expressing a greater willingness to learn from those practicing in the other sector. We assert that schools in each sector have specific strengths that can, at least to some extent,…
A Meta-Analysis on the Effects and Contributions of Public, Public Charter, and Religious Schools on Student Outcomes
An extensive meta-analysis, including 90 studies, was undertaken on the effects of religious private schools, charter schools, and public schools. The study explores the relationship between each of these school types and student outcomes. Additional analyses were done to determine the strengths and weaknesses of these institutions in a broad sense. The results indicate that attending private religious schools is associated with the highest level…
A Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Different Types of Parental Involvement Programs for Urban Students
This meta-analysis of 51 studies examines the relationship between various kinds of parental involvement programs and the academic achievement of pre-kindergarten-12th-grade school children. Analyses determined the effect sizes for various parental involvement programs overall and subcategories of involvement. Results indicate a significant relationship between parental involvement programs overall and academic achievement, both for younger (pree…
Race, Racism, and Darwinism
This article examines the views of Darwinist evolution on issues regarding race and how this contributed to the spread of racism in the United States. The writings of Charles Darwin and a myriad of his followers are examined, including Herbert Spencer, Francis Galton, and others. The influence of Darwinism in contributing to the growth of institutional racism and the teaching of scientifically based racist thought is addressed. The article also e…
The Salience of the Subtle Aspects of Parental Involvement and Encouraging that Involvement: Implications for School-Based Programs
Background/Context For many years, educators, parents, and social scientists have conceptualized engaged parents as those who help their children with their homework, frequently attend school functions, and maintain household rules that dictate when their young engage in schoolwork and leisure. Recent meta-analyses on parental involvement confirm the salience of more subtle social variables, which Bandura and Walters asserted may be even more imp…
The Relationship Between Bible Literacy and Behavioral and Academic Outcomes in Urban Areas: A Meta-Analysis
A meta-analysis is undertaken, including 11 studies, to determine whether there is a relationship between Bible knowledge on one hand and academic and behavioral outcomes on the other among those living in urban areas. The results indicate that increased Bible knowledge is associated with higher levels of student academic achievement and positive behavioral patterns. The analysis indicates that the relationship, as measured by degree of statistic…
The Relationship Between Bible Literacy and Academic Achievement and School Behavior
This study assessed the relationship between Bible literacy among secondary school students and their academic achievement and school behavior. One hundred and forty students in the 7th to 12th grade were randomly selected from a Christian school. Four measures of Bible knowledge were combined to obtain an overall measure of Bible literacy. They included a brief Bible test, the ease with which students declared that they could recite the 66 books…
Effects of Parental Involvement on Experiences of Discrimination and Bullying
This study investigated the relationship between parental involvement and their children being picked on or bullied and being discriminated against based on their race during their elementary and secondary school years. The influence of parental involvement on academic achievement during that period was also examined. Specific aspects of parental involvement and an overall parental involvement variable were examined. Two different samples were ex…
The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and Urban Secondary School Student Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis
A meta-analysis is undertaken, including 52 studies, to determine the influence of parental involvement on the educational outcomes of urban secondary school children. Statistical analyses are done to determine the overall impact of parental involvement as well as specific components of parental involvement. Four different measures of educational outcomes are used. These measures include an overall measure of all components of academic achievemen…
A Meta-Analysis of the Relation of Parental Involvement to Urban Elementary School Student Academic Achievement
This meta-analysis of 41 studies examines the relationship between parental involvement and the academic achievement of urban elementary school children. Analyses determined the effect sizes for parental involvement overall and subcategories of involvement. Results indicate a significant relationship between parental involvement overall and academic achievement. Parental involvement, as a whole, was associated with all the academic variables by a…
A Meta-Analysis: The Effects of Parental Involvement on Minority Children’s Academic Achievement
A meta-analysis was undertaken, including 21 studies, to determine the impact of parental involvement on the academic achievement of minority children. Statistical analyses were undertaken to determine the overall effects of parental involvement obtained for each study as well as specific components of parental involvement. Four different measures of academic achievement were used. The possible differing effects of parental involvement by gender …
A Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Different Types of Parental Involvement Programs for Urban Students
This meta-analysis of 51 studies examines the relationship between various kinds of parental involvement programs and the academic achievement of pre-kindergarten-12th-grade school children. Analyses determined the effect sizes for various parental involvement programs overall and subcategories of involvement. Results indicate a significant relationship between parental involvement programs overall and academic achievement, both for younger (pree…
A Meta-Analysis: The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and Latino Student Outcomes
This meta-analysis of 28 studies examines the relationship between parental involvement and the academic achievement and school behavior of Latino pre-kindergarten-college-age children. Analyses determined the effect sizes for parental involvement overall and specific categories of involvement. Results indicate a significant relationship between parental involvement and academic achievement and overall outcomes, but not for school behavior. This …
The Effects of Religious Commitment on the Academic Achievement of Black and Hispanic Children
Using the National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS) data set from the 1988 to 1992 period, this study assessed the effects of student religious commitment on the academic achievement of Black and Hispanic children. The results indicate that religiously committed Black and Hispanic children performed better on most academic measures than their less religious counterparts, even when controlling for socioeconomic status, gender, and whether the …
A Meta-Analysis: The Relationship Between Father Involvement and Student Academic Achievement
A meta-analysis was undertaken, including 66 studies, to determine the relationship between father involvement and the educational outcomes of urban school children. Statistical analyses were done to determine the overall impact and specific components of father involvement. The possible differing effects of paternal involvement by race were also examined. The results indicate that the association between father involvement and the educational ou…
Effects of Parental Involvement and Family Structure on the Academic Achievement of Adolescents
Using the 1992 NELS data set, this study assessed the effects of three aspects of parental involvement and family structure on the academic achievement of those children. The results indicate that family structure and two of the three aspects of parental involvement were associated with higher adolescent academic achievement, when gender, race, and socioeconomic status are controlled for. Family structure was the single greatest predictor of acad…
The Effects Of Black And Hispanic 12th Graders Living In Intact Families And Being Religious On Their Academic Achievement
Using the National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS) data set from the 1988 to 1992 period, this study assessed the effects of the combination of living in an intact family and student religious commitment on the academic achievement of Black and Hispanic 12th graders. The results indicate that Black and Hispanic children who lived in an intact family and showed a high level of religiosity scored as well as White students on most measures of a…
The Effects of Religious Commitment on the Academic Achievement of Urban and Other Children
Using the 1992 NELS data set, this study assessed the effects of student religious commitment on the academic achievement of urban and other children. The results indicate that religiously committed urban children performed better on most academic measures than their less religious counterparts, even when controlling for SES, race, and gender. The same general pattern held for all the children in the sample as well. In addition, the effects for r…
A Meta-Analysis on the Factors That Best Reduce the Achievement Gap
A meta-analyses was undertaken to determine the factors that are most related with reducing the achievement gap. The meta-analysis included 30 studies that examined attempts to bridge the achievement gap between White students on one hand and Black and Latino students on the other. The results indicate that several factors are associated with a reduced achievement gap that could help bridge the gap. A number of these factors go beyond the bounds …
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Attending Religious Schools and Religiosity on Black and Hispanic Academic Achievement
Using meta-analysis, this study sought to determine the effects of religious schooling and personal religious commitment on African American and Hispanic students’ academic achievement. The results indicate that religious schooling and religious commitment each have a positive effect on academic achievement and school-related behavior. In the case of religious schooling, the effect sizes that emerged for religious schooling tended to be larger fo…
A Meta-Analysis on the Effects and Contributions of Public, Public Charter, and Religious Schools on Student Outcomes
An extensive meta-analysis, including 90 studies, was undertaken on the effects of religious private schools, charter schools, and public schools. The study explores the relationship between each of these school types and student outcomes. Additional analyses were done to determine the strengths and weaknesses of these institutions in a broad sense. The results indicate that attending private religious schools is associated with the highest level…
The Effects of Several of the Most Common Family Structures on the Academic Achievement of Eighth Graders
Over the last twenty-five years, researchers have become greatly interested in the effects of family structure on the academic achievement of children. The vast majority of these studies have focused on one or two family structures in their analysis. There remains, however, a considerable amount of debate about which of these family structures impacts the academic achievement of children the most. Using the NELS data set from the 1988-1992 period…
A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Character Education and Student Achievement and Behavioral Outcomes
An extensive meta-analysis, including 52 studies, was undertaken on the relationship between character education and student achievement and behavioral outcomes. Additional analyses were done to determine whether the effects of character education differed by student grade level, locale, race, and so on. The results indicated that character education is associated with higher levels of educational outcomes, no matter what type of standardized or …
Meta-Analysis on the Roles of Fathers in Parenting: Are They Unique
A meta-analysis was undertaken, including 34 studies, to determine whether fathers play a unique role in parenting that is different from mothers’ roles. Statistical analyses were done to determine the extent to which the effects of fathering children were distinct from that of mothering. In addition to examining this phenomena overall, the meta-analysis also specifically examined social measurements, psychological indicators, and academic achiev…
A Meta-Analysis: The Relationship Between the Parental Expectations Component of Parental Involvement with Students’ Academic Achievement
This paper shares the results of a meta-analysis on the parental-expectations component of parental –involvement and its relationship with the student outcomes of urban students. Special attention is paid to parental expectations, because in many past studies, parental expectations has been the most salient component of parental involvement. This meta-analysis includes 54 quantitative studies that examined the relationship between the parental ex…
A Meta-Analysis: The Association Between Relational Parental Involvement and Student and Parent Outcome Variables
This paper shares the results of a meta-analysis on the parental-relational component of parental-involvement and its association with the academic and behavioral outcomes of urban students. This meta-analysis includes 76 quantitative studies. The results indicated that statistically significant effects emerged across students of different backgrounds, including differences by age groups, race, gender, and nationality. The results were also subst…
The Impact of Parental Remarriage on Children: A Meta-Analysis
A meta-analysis of 61 studies was undertaken to determine the impact of parental remarriage on the academic achievement and psychological well-being of children, of which the vast majority were adolescents. Separate analyses were done on studies that did and did not use sophisticated controls in their analyses. Comparisons were made between children from remarried versus intact families as well as children from remarried and divorced or widowed s…
School Choice and the Achievement Gap
The possibility is examined that school choice programs could be a means to reducing the achievement gap. Data based on meta-analytic research and the examination of nationwide data sets suggest that school choice programs that include private schools could reduce the achievement gap by 25%. The propounding of this possibility is based on research indicating that the achievement gap in faith-based schools is generally 25% narrower than one finds …
A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Phonics Instruction and Minority Elementary School Student Academic Achievement
This meta-analysis of 22 studies examines the relationship between phonics and the academic achievement of urban minority elementary school children. Further analyses distinguish between those studies that are of higher quality than the others and those studies that examine all minority students and mostly minority students. Results indicate a significant relationship between phonics instruction and higher academic achievement. Phonics instructio…
The Predictive Value of Parental Family Structure on Attitudes Regarding Premarital Pregnancy and the Consumption of Marijuana
Over the last twenty-five years, researchers have become greatly interested in the predictive value of parental family structure on the subsequent behavior and attitudes of adolescents years later. Social scientists are increasingly interested on the predictive value of family structure on the attitudes of adolescents towards premarital pregnancy and their consumption of marijuana. The vast majority of these studies have focused on the effects of…
Race, Racism, and Darwinism
This article examines the views of Darwinist evolution on issues regarding race and how this contributed to the spread of racism in the United States. The writings of Charles Darwin and a myriad of his followers are examined, including Herbert Spencer, Francis Galton, and others. The influence of Darwinism in contributing to the growth of institutional racism and the teaching of scientifically based racist thought is addressed. The article also e…
Effects of Parental Involvement on Experiences of Discrimination and Bullying
This study investigated the relationship between parental involvement and their children being picked on or bullied and being discriminated against based on their race during their elementary and secondary school years. The influence of parental involvement on academic achievement during that period was also examined. Specific aspects of parental involvement and an overall parental involvement variable were examined. Two different samples were ex…
The Relatonship Between Urban Students Attending Religious Revival Services and Academic and Social Outcomes
This study examines the effects of attending religious revival services on the educational and behavioral outcomes of urban students. Specifically, the influence of attending the most recognized revival of the past decade is analyzed. Urban student attendees from throughout the United States attend, are surveyed, and then are randomly selected to be included in the analysis. Two other groups of randomly selected urban students serve as control gr…
Examining the Effects of Divorce on the Academic Achievement of Children: How Should We Control for SES
Over the past thirty years, one of the primary concerns facing researchers examining the effects of divorce on the academic achievement of children has been how to best control for socioeconomic status (SES). Prior to 1971, many researchers did not control for SES at all. Herzog and Sudia (1971) argued that adequately controlling for SES was essential for obtaining accurate effects for divorce. In recent years, several social scientists (Cherlin,…
Does Divorce or Remarriage Have the Greater Negative Impact on the Academic Achievement of Children
Over the past twenty-five years considerably more research has been done on the effects of divorce on academic achievement than on the effects of remarriage following divorce on academic achievement. Much of this fact results from the assumption of many social scientists that remarriage must, on average, benefit children of divorce. Recent studies examining the effects of remarriage on various dimensions of childhood ability and psychology seriou…
The Role of Family Residential Mobility in Explaining the Lower Academic Achievement of High School Children from Reconstituted Families
This study tests McLanahan and Sandefur's hypothesis that children from reconstituted families score lower in academic achievement due to the fact that their custodial families are more likely to move than children from intact families. If this hypothesis is correct, one would expect that children from reconstituted families whose parents moved during a substantial period of time would perform more poorly academically than their counterparts whos…
The Effects of Children of Divorce Living with Neither Parent on the Academic Achievement of Those Children
This study builds upon past research which has examined the effects of divorce on the academic achievement of children living in single-parent families. This study uses the NELS 1988 and 1992 data sets to examine the effects of children of divorce living with neither parent. As America has increased in its diversity of family structures, children of divorce from neither-parent families have become more common. Yet there is almost no research deal…
Effects of Remarriage Following Divorce on the Academic Achievement of Children
The Effects of Religious Commitment on the Academic Achievement of Black and Hispanic Children
Using the National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS) data set from the 1988 to 1992 period, this study assessed the effects of student religious commitment on the academic achievement of Black and Hispanic children. The results indicate that religiously committed Black and Hispanic children performed better on most academic measures than their less religious counterparts, even when controlling for socioeconomic status, gender, and whether the …
A Longitudinal Analysis on the Effects of Remarriage Following Divorce on the Academic Achievement of Adolescents
Using the NELS data set from the 1988-1992 period, this study used a longitudinal design to assess the effects of remarriage following divorce on the academic achievement of children. Using data on a sample of 1,064 eighth-grade students who were in single-parent divorced families in 1988, the academic achievement of children whose custodial parent remarried during the time of the study, was compared to the academic achievement of those children …
The Effects of Several of the Most Common Family Structures on the Academic Achievement of Eighth Graders
Over the last twenty-five years, researchers have become greatly interested in the effects of family structure on the academic achievement of children. The vast majority of these studies have focused on one or two family structures in their analysis. There remains, however, a considerable amount of debate about which of these family structures impacts the academic achievement of children the most. Using the NELS data set from the 1988-1992 period…
The Effects of Recent Parental Divorce on Their Children's Consumption of Marijuana and Cocaine
This study tests whether children whose parents were recently divorced (within the past four years) were more likely to partake of cocaine and marijuana than their counterparts in single-parent divorced families, whose parents had been divorced four years or more. Several researchers have argued that divorce has a greater impact on children during the first few years than in the later years following a divorce (Hetherington, Hagan, & Anderson, 19…
The Effects of Recent Parental Divorce on Their Children' s Sexual Attitudes and Behavior
This study tests whether children whose parents were recently divorced (within the past four years) maintained different attitudes and behaviors regarding pre-marital sex than their counterparts in single-parent divorced families, whose parents had been divorced four years or more. Several researchers have argued that divorce has a greater impact on children during the first few years than in the later years following a divorce (Hetherington, Hag…
The Effects of Recent Parental Divorce on Their Children's Consumption of Alcohol
Does Parental Involvement Eliminate the Effects of Parental Divorce on the Academic Achievement of Adolescents
Using the NELS data set, this study assessed whether parental involvement in children's education can eliminate the effects of parental divorce and remarriage on the academic achievement of adolescents. The results indicate that consistent effects for divorce emerged using the No-SES Model, both with and without the inclusion of the parental involvement variables. Similarly, consistent effects for remarriage emerged using the SES Model, both with…
Does Widowhood or Remarriage have the Greater Impact on the Academic Achievement of Children
Using the NELS data set from the 1988–1992 period, the results of this study indicate that how one views the relative effects of widowhood and remarriage may depend largely on two factors: 1) at what age the children are studied and 2) whether one controls for SES. First, parental widowhood and remarriage exerted a greater downward impact on academic achievement for the 8th grade cohort than the 12th grade cohort. Second, whether SES variables we…
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Attending Religious Schools and Religiosity on Black and Hispanic Academic Achievement
Using meta-analysis, this study sought to determine the effects of religious schooling and personal religious commitment on African American and Hispanic students’ academic achievement. The results indicate that religious schooling and religious commitment each have a positive effect on academic achievement and school-related behavior. In the case of religious schooling, the effect sizes that emerged for religious schooling tended to be larger fo…
The Predictive Value of Parental Family Structure on Attitudes Regarding Premarital Pregnancy and the Consumption of Marijuana
Over the last twenty-five years, researchers have become greatly interested in the predictive value of parental family structure on the subsequent behavior and attitudes of adolescents years later. Social scientists are increasingly interested on the predictive value of family structure on the attitudes of adolescents towards premarital pregnancy and their consumption of marijuana. The vast majority of these studies have focused on the effects of…
The Effects of the Religious Commitment of Twelfth Graders Living in Non-Intact Families on Their Academic Achievement
Using the NELS data set from the 1988-1992 period, this study assessed the effects of student religious commitment among twelfth graders who lived in a non-intact family on their academic achievement. This study first focused upon the effects of religiosity on all the students living in non-intact families in the sample and then specifically addressed the effects of religiosity on Black and Hispanic children living in non-intact families. The res…
Divorce, Family Structure, and the Academic Success of Children
The Effects Of Black And Hispanic 12th Graders Living In Intact Families And Being Religious On Their Academic Achievement
Using the National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS) data set from the 1988 to 1992 period, this study assessed the effects of the combination of living in an intact family and student religious commitment on the academic achievement of Black and Hispanic 12th graders. The results indicate that Black and Hispanic children who lived in an intact family and showed a high level of religiosity scored as well as White students on most measures of a…
A Meta-Analysis: The Effects of Parental Involvement on Minority Children’s Academic Achievement
A meta-analysis was undertaken, including 21 studies, to determine the impact of parental involvement on the academic achievement of minority children. Statistical analyses were undertaken to determine the overall effects of parental involvement obtained for each study as well as specific components of parental involvement. Four different measures of academic achievement were used. The possible differing effects of parental involvement by gender …
The Effects of Religious Commitment on the Academic Achievement of Urban and Other Children
Using the 1992 NELS data set, this study assessed the effects of student religious commitment on the academic achievement of urban and other children. The results indicate that religiously committed urban children performed better on most academic measures than their less religious counterparts, even when controlling for SES, race, and gender. The same general pattern held for all the children in the sample as well. In addition, the effects for r…
A Meta-Analysis: Has the Academic Impact of Religious Schools Changed Over The Last Twenty Years
A meta-analysis was undertaken, including 56 studies, to determine whether the influence of religious schools versus public schools on student academic achievement has changed over the past twenty-five or thirty years. The analysis examined studies undertaken at both the elementary and secondary school level. The results indicate that at both the elementary school level and the secondary school level, as well as both levels combined, there were n…
Immigration in the United States and the Golden Years of Education: Was Ravitch Right
In this article I address some assertions made by one of the most outstanding educational historians, Diane Ravitch, regarding the relation between immigration rates and academic achievement among children in the United States. In her book The Great School Wars Ravitch asserted that low immigration levels during the 1920s to early 1960s period played a large role in producing a golden age of education in New York and probably in the United States…
The Impact of Religious Schools on the Academic Achievement of Low-SES Students
Schools have a function to qualify pupils for the job market. Schools are often criticized because they reproduce the socio-economic inequality within society. Pupils of lower social strata have learning deficiencies at the start of their school career which put them in an unfavorable position. From their social background, pupils have a different idea of function of education and their parents are less supportive to their children with regard to…
Effects of Parental Involvement and Family Structure on the Academic Achievement of Adolescents
Using the 1992 NELS data set, this study assessed the effects of three aspects of parental involvement and family structure on the academic achievement of those children. The results indicate that family structure and two of the three aspects of parental involvement were associated with higher adolescent academic achievement, when gender, race, and socioeconomic status are controlled for. Family structure was the single greatest predictor of acad…
The Relatonship Between Urban Students Attending Religious Revival Services and Academic and Social Outcomes
This study examines the effects of attending religious revival services on the educational and behavioral outcomes of urban students. Specifically, the influence of attending the most recognized revival of the past decade is analyzed. Urban student attendees from throughout the United States attend, are surveyed, and then are randomly selected to be included in the analysis. Two other groups of randomly selected urban students serve as control gr…
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