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One of the persistent challenges confronting societies is how to reduce inequalities in the educational attainment of students from different socioeconomic, ethnic and race group backgrounds. Such inequalities are typically intensified between females and males, and for students from different residential and geographic locations. It is generally agreed that if parents are involved positively in activities associated with children’s learning, then the school outcomes of those children are likely to be enhanced.
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Marjoribanks, K. (2003). The Family and Schooling in Asian and Pacific Countries. In: Keeves, J.P., et al. International Handbook of Educational Research in the Asia-Pacific Region. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3368-7_4
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