Issue Brief: Students Do Better When Their Fathers Are Involved at School

Title:	Issue Brief: Students Do Better When Their Fathers Are Involved at School
Description:	This issue brief looks at the link between fathers' involvement in their children's schools and kindergarteners through 12th graders' school performance using data from the 1996 National Household Education Survey (NHES:96). Information is presented for children living in two-parent and in father-only families.
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Cover Date:	April 1998
Web Release:	April 23, 1998
Print Release:	April 23, 1998
Publication #:	NCES 98121 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Christine Winquist Nord (Westat, Inc.)
Type of Product:	Issue Brief
Survey/Program Areas:	National Household Education Survey (NHES)
Keywords:	Fathers' Involvement in Children's Education Parental Involvement in Education Students
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