The Great Parents Pledge Case Study

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Another organization which helps you become more involved in your children 's education is the Great Schools. This nonprofit organization includes 35 million parents like you who receive help to find the right school to support their children 's education. This organization has been serving schools and parents since 1998. It is a reliable resource where you can go to find the best school for your child in your area, information on how to guide your children, and how to work with schools to improve them. It has come up with a program "The Great Parents Pledge" which encourages you to be more involved in your children 's education. It has come up with three simple and time saving ways you can help their children 's academic success:
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This nonprofit organization includes 35 million parents like you who receive help to find the right school to support their children 's education. This organization has been serving schools and parents since 1998. It is a reliable resource where you can go to find the best school for your child in your area, information on how to guide your children, and how to work with schools to improve them. It has come up with a program "The Great Parents Pledge" which encourages you to be more involved in your children 's education. It has come up with three simple and time saving ways you can help their children 's academic …show more content…

I have personal experience with immigrant parents because I grew up in a household with parents who were from India and they lacked the educational skills to help me in my school work, but that didn 't stop themselves from caring about my education. Both of parents worked overtime so they also did not have time to sit with me and make sure I did my homework. So how did they manage to teach me the importance of education? They made sure that they taught me the importance of education while teaching me other values and principles, like I mentioned early a child 's first teacher is his/her parent(s). My parents showed me the importance of what I can get and where I can get with an education. They tell me stories about how there day was at work in the hot sun outside in the orchards. They compare how they were in the hot weather all day and how I was sitting at home or at school with the air condition on. You can make your kids realize the importance to their education even though you might not have the ability or the skills to help them in

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