School-Based Parental Involvement
Community and Student Outcomes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2144136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Erkenbrack (0000-0001-7899-404X, University of California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-25 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00380253.2025.2516730 |
| OpenAlex | W4411597892 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 39 |
Encouraging parents’ involvement in school is a longstanding feature of U.S. education policy. Despite this, we know little about the potential school-wide effects of parental involvement. Community-oriented forms of involvement can direct parental resources broadly and may be a source of public goods with widespread benefits for schools. This study uses ECLS-K:2011 data to examine the association between schools’ public-good parental involvement and school community outcomes, student behaviors, and student learning. To mitigate confounding, I control for a rich set of covariates including more private forms of parental involvement. I find that schools with higher levels of public-good parental involvement experience some school community benefits like larger parental networks, but involvement does not produce more learning or substantially improved behavior. These patterns suggest limited community-wide effects of parental involvement in school
Developmental psychology · Sociology · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Family and Disability Support Research · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |