All parents want their children to succeed in school. This guide is designed to give parents, grandparents, and other caregivers ideas and tips that will improve their children’s potential for success in school. These ideas also help create a joyful family life and positive connections between parents and children, parents and parents, and parents and their children’s schools. Solid research shows that children from homes where parents are engaged with their children, other parents, and their children’s schools:

• Earn better grades,

• Get better test scores,

• Enjoy school more

• Are more likely to graduate from high school and attend college.

This guide will help you understand state learning standards, the benefits provided by No Child Left Behind, and what you can do to help your child succeed in school.