By understanding documenting the improved outcomes for refugee the unique needs of refugee parents and the con- students when their parents are involved in their texts in which they live, this research study seeks education, it is difficult to find research specifi- to provide ways to meaningfully and effectively cally focused on the involvement of refugee par- promote parent involvement. [...] involvement is understood as relational, responsive More critical conceptions of parent involvement to the needs and encompassing of the strengths of try to include the experiences of oppressed and the families (Suizzo 2015; Georgis et al. [...] These in the inner city and who represents some of organizations are: the Newcomers Employment the racial-linguistic newcomer community in and Education Development Services (NEEDS), the this study was hired to lead the research. [...] It was Most students in the focus group said that they also associated with the “role reversal” between “spend a lot of time out of the home” and that parents and children, when the latter helps the they were “shy” to approach at least one of their former in dealing with issues such as interpre- parents, usually the father. [...] First, parents are not as involved in or concerned with educators must consider the experiences of par- their children’s education, simply because of school ents and expand their understanding of ‘involve- participation, ignores the stresses they face in ment’ to avoid the mislabeling of parents as ‘un- the contexts that they live in.
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