How Parents Widen - or Shrink - Academic Gaps

Education Week: Five years ago, Mary Muñoz thought she knew what it meant to be involved in her son's education.

She brought Christian, then in 1st grade, to school every morning, made sure he did homework every afternoon, and read with him every night. Muñoz went to parent-teacher conferences, but didn't get involved in parent-teacher organizations or school committees.

"I had no time. I was just working, working, working all the time," she said. "When I wasn't, I was home with my family. ... [T]hat was my networking."

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