School Tries To Help Students By Coaching Parents

For more than a decade, federal education policies have pushed schools to get parents more involved on campus. The idea is that if parents are more involved, then their children will do better academically — especially kids who struggle.

In one Texas school district, that idea is taking a new form. From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Laura Isensee of Houston Public Media visits an elementary school to find out more.

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• Laura Isensee, education reporter for Houston Public Media. She tweets @lauraisensee.

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