Abstract
Catholic social teaching affirms the primary role of parents in their children’s education, as well as the importance of a home-school partnership. The purposes of this article are to review the results of a mixed methods study of parent engagement at Cristo Rey Boston High School, and how the results of this study led to specific efforts to include parents more closely in the life of the school. Results suggest that parents in multicultural communities perceive their engagement to be an important part of their children’s education. Yet, this engagement may take different forms that may go unrecognized by school staff. Based on study findings, school administrators began integrating parent engagement efforts through a coordinated system of student advising. From the perspective of Catholic social teaching, recognizing and responding to these multicultural differences are a means of praxis that affirms human dignity and reduces barriers to education for the marginalized.
DOI
10.15365/joce.1901112015
First Page
223
Last Page
242
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Recommended Citation
Crea, T. M., Reynolds, A. D., & Degnan, E. (2015). Parent Engagement at a Cristo Rey High School: Building Home-School Partnerships in a Multicultural Immigrant Community. Journal of Catholic Education. https://doi.org/10.15365/joce.1901112015
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