Parental Support Key to Student Success
“Emotional support from family is essential to outcomes for low-income students, a new study shows. ‘Low-income families have a particular resource that they have plenty of and that they invest in their children, and that’s emotional support,’ said Josipa Roksa, a professor of sociology and education at the University of Virginia and the lead author on the study. ‘We shouldn’t underestimate that value and the importance of that resource.’”