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Creating a College-Going Culture

The Science Teacher—March 2011

Research indicates that increased parental involvement has a positive impact on student achievement, especially among Hispanic students (Zarate 2007; NSTA 2010). This author helped science teachers at Falfurrias High School in Falfurrias, Texas, implement Family Science events, which were held three times a semester and attended by high school students' families and local middle and elementary school students. This article describes the Family Science program and how it was modified in 2009 for Falfurrias High School—a rural, primarily Hispanic school—to motivate students to attend college.
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