The Family-School Connection
Ryan, Bruce A. / Adams, Gerald R. / Gullotta, Thomas P.
What is the nature of the relationships between family variables and children's successes in school? An examination of this question is the basis of this volume. Building on a model for evaluating the relationships between families, schools and children, the contributors analyze: how school achievement is influenced by parent-child interactions, how early adolescents are affected by the overlapping `spheres of influence' of school, family, com...