This source provides an argument for collective academic involvement in poor communities. Alameda-Lawson explains that students perform better in school when their parents are actively involved in their education as well. She also states that people from low income communities typically get their strengths, not as individual, but as a community. Thus, her argument for collective parent involvement in the education of children. Alameda-Lawson says that creating a sense of community around students allows them to socially connect with other and gain skills in working with other ideas. It also allows parent's voices to be heard in schools as they are directly involved and can see things from many perspectives. Since William Wells Brown Elementary doubles as a community center for residents of the East End, I hope to use this document as a call to action. My thought is that, if parents are utilizing this community center, and the students are already at the school, why not get them together to form a body of families. This could possibly raise academic achievement at William Wells Brown.
Source: Alameda-Lawson, Tania. "A Pilot Study Of Collective Parent Engagement And Children's Academic Achievement." Children & Schools 36.4 (2014): 199-209. Academic Search Complete. Web. 21 Oct. 2015
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