Parent Campaign Quick Summary

The Latino Initiative

All parents want their children to succeed.  The Parent Campaign will empower parents to better encourage their students’ success by helping them to identify ways to become more involved in their students’ education, and to identify resources that can make them stronger role models.  If an unmet need is identified, the Parent Campaign will also facilitate the creation of a new program.

The Challenge

Many minority and low-income parents may lack formal education or may come from a nation with a different educational system or language.  They often work more than one job and/or more than 40 hours per week, yet still experience poverty.  As a result, they may not:

• Be able to help students with homework assignments;
• Understand the U.S. grading scale, the importance of standardized testing (e.g., the ACT or SAT), how to acquire financial aid, and/or the importance of graduate degrees;
• Attend parent-teacher conferences or parent nights, especially if these events are not offered in their primary language;
• Have access to a computer at home; and/or
• Have access to intellectual capital (e.g. the ability to speak English, effectively budget, or seek legal help) or social capital (e.g. a relative willing to provide free child care).

For the complete document go here: http://www.youthdiscovery.org/the-parent-campaign/