11 Ways Parents Can Get Involved in Schools
This article discusses the benefits of school-family partnerships, many ways for parents to stay involved in their children’s education that don’t require a trip to the school, and suggestions for getting involved in their child’s education.
Author: Eden Pontz
Publication Date: September 2024
Publisher: Center for Parent and Teen Communication
Attending School Events: What You Need to Know
Parents’ involvement at their child’s school is directly related to improved academic performance. This article offers some tried and true tips to help parents make the most out of attending school events.
Publication Date: July 2020
Publisher: National Education Association
Encircle Families
Collaboration between families and professionals results in the best possible outcomes for children with disabilities. Encircle Families is an Arizona nonprofit organization that provides free training and information to parents to help them understand their rights, roles, and responsibilities in their child’s health care and education. Training for pre-service and in-service professionals in education is available to improve collaboration between families and providers and achieve better results for children.
Publication Date: 2025
Publisher: Encircle Families
Help Your Teen Thrive in High School
This article illustrates why the high school years are the most important years for parents to be fully engaged with their child’s academic career. It offers tips for parents to be active participants in their high school students becoming self-sufficient and motivated to learn.
Publication Date: July 2020
Publisher: National Education Association
How to Help a Child with a Learning Disability: Parenting Tips for Home and School
If your child has been diagnosed with a learning disability, using these parenting tips can help them build self-confidence and find success at school—and in life.
Authors: Gina Kemp, Melinda Smith, and Jeanne Segal
Publication Date: November 2020
Publisher: HelpGuide
Kindergarten Readiness
Arizona’s early childhood agency is committed to the healthy development and learning of young children from birth to age 5. This webpage explains how parents and their child can get ready for kindergarten and offers some tips on how parents can help their child on that special day.
Publisher: First Things First
Parental Involvement in Your Child’s Education: The Key to Student Success, Research Shows
This article discusses how students whose parents stay involved in school have better attendance and behavior, get better grades, demonstrate better social skills, and adapt better to school. It offers ways par¬ents can get involved in their child’s education during school and outside the classroom.
Publication Date: December 2022
Publisher: The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Parent–Teacher Conferences
This factsheet provides information on what parents should know about parent-teacher conferences and what to do before, during, and after the meeting.
Publication Date: January 2022
Publisher: KidsHealth
The Role of Parental Involvement in Students' Academic Achievement
Research shows the extent to which schools nurture positive relationships with families and vice versa makes all the difference. This blog post explains students whose parents stay involved in school have better attendance and behavior, get better grades, demonstrate better social skills, and adapt better to school.
Publication Date: Updated July 2025
Publisher: The Annie E. Casey Foundation
What Parents and Caregivers Can Ask and Do to Help Children Thrive at School A Parent Checklist
The checklist includes questions and resources that parents and caregivers can use to help ensure their children are getting the education they deserve. It suggests key questions, tips for educational success, and resources for more information.
Publisher: U.S. Department of Education
Why Parental Involvement in Education Matters More Than Ever
This article explores why parental involvement in education is so important, ways to build a partnership between parents and teachers, simple techniques to support learning at home, and why there’s no better time than now to start investing in your child’s educational success.
Publisher: Kids USA Montessori