Parents and Education

These days, the important role parental involvement plays in children's achievement in school is received wisdom, but, as it turns out, it's hardly a new concept. This item, discovered in the Hudson Daily Star for February 9, 1855, shows that, as early as the mid-19th century, parents were being urged to pay attention and be involved in their children's school experience.

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