The underutilized potential of teacher-to-parent communication: Evidence from a field experiment

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-63

  Kraft, Matthew A ^a   Rogers, Todd ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Parent involvement; Randomized control trial; Teacher effectiveness; Teacher parent communication

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

EID: 84929222963     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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