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The Relationship of Parent Involvement and Student Success in GEAR UP Communities in Chicago

Stack, Wendy M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1294956956

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2010, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
Nationally, the education pipeline is not preparing enough students for success and high school dropout rates in the nation’s urban areas are alarming. This mixed methods (QUAN→qual) empirical study examines the influence of parent involvement on the academic success of 1,774 GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) students matched to their parents in 21 high schools in Chicago. The results of the regression analyses were presented to focus groups composed of GEAR UP parents and staff to assist in making meaning of the data and to gain deeper insight and understanding of the results. The study results were viewed through the lens of social capital and implications for leadership were drawn for marginalized stakeholders. Parental involvement was measured by the amount of time parents engaged in GEAR UP program activities and the degree to which this involvement is related to their child’s achievement and aspirations for college was studied. The study focused on students and their parents who have been involved in GEAR UP in 8th grade and 9th grade. Student success was measured by 9th grade GPA and 10th grade PLAN Composite Score and Aspirations for College measured by the postsecondary intent question on the PLAN. Regression analysis showed a significant relationship between parent involvement and 9th grade GPA (p <.001) and a significant relationship between parent involvement and the PLAN Composite Score (p < .05). The video clips included in this document require Adobe Reader 9.0 and are directly accessible while reading.
Carol Baron, PhD (Committee Chair)
Jon Wergin, PhD (Committee Member)
George Olson, PhD (Committee Member)
Chandra Taylor-Smith, PhD (Other)
187 p.
African Americans; Education; Educational Sociology; Elementary Education; Families and Family Life; Higher Education; Hispanic Americans; Minority and Ethnic Groups; Secondary Education; Social Research; Sociology
parent participation; GEAR UP; student achievement; social capital; mixed methods; quantitative; qualitative; urban; Chicago; transition; elementary; Latino; African-American; college access; GPA; college aspirations; K-12; leadership; family

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  • Stack, W. M. (2010). The Relationship of Parent Involvement and Student Success in GEAR UP Communities in Chicago [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1294956956

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stack, Wendy. The Relationship of Parent Involvement and Student Success in GEAR UP Communities in Chicago. 2010. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1294956956.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stack, Wendy. "The Relationship of Parent Involvement and Student Success in GEAR UP Communities in Chicago." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1294956956

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