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PA R E N T S & S C H O O L S
The Influence
of Home on
School Success
I
JOHN H. WHERRY
¡ö 14,040 school hours divided by
105,120 waking hours = 13.36 percent
of waking hours are spent in school by
age 18.
That means 86.64 percent of children¡¯s time is spent out of school, mainly
at home.
n our annual Parent Institute/NAESP scientific survey, we
ask more than 20,000 education leaders to identify topics
so important to children¡¯s school success that parents need
to receive more information about them. The 2004 results
are in, and one of the most critical topics again is the influence of home on school success.
Principals, teachers, researchers, and early childhood education experts all agree that parents are children¡¯s first and
most influential teachers. But as every principal can attest,
many parents have not received this message or recognized
their obligation¡ªand opportunity¡ªto assure students¡¯
success. The beginning of the school
year is the best time to remind parents
of their key role in helping children
learn.
Q. Once I can show that children
spend most of their waking hours
at home, how can I persuade parents to use this time
to teach important things?
A: Help them to see how many opportunities there are to
help children learn at home:
Q. What percentage of the child¡¯s waking hours, from
birth to high school, are spent at home and at school?
A: Do the math:
Schools are largely responsible for students¡¯ academic
learning, but children learn some of their most important
lessons at home¡ªlessons that families teach best. What they
learn at home provides an essential foundation on which
schools can build. Without it, neither students nor schools
can reach their full potential. Now is the time to remind
parents of their indispensable influence. P
¡ö Urge parents to let children see them reading, whether
it¡¯s books, magazines, newspapers, or catalogs, and to talk to
the children about what they are reading.
¡ö Suggest that parents and children try reading together
a book or article of the child¡¯s choosing, and then talking about it.
¡ö Encourage parents to include children in everyday projects. Ordinary
¡°¡Children learn some of
activities like washing the car, making
Q. How can I convince parents that
their most important lessons salad for dinner, working together on a
computer spreadsheet, or shopping for
they are powerful teachers of their
at home¡ªlessons that
a gift for grandma¡¯s birthday are
children?
packed with learning opportunities.
A: Point out that children are learning
families teach best.¡±
¡ö Recommend that parents get their
all the time, everywhere. Use examples.
children involved in family history.
For instance, parents can teach young
Genealogical research is one of the
children their home addresses, phone
most popular Internet activities and
numbers, how to dial 911, and safe ways
something that children and family members can do toto cross the street. They probably already know ¡°cool¡± words,
gether whenever they have a little time. Learning about
which TV shows to watch, or how to use the VCR and DVD
their family can have a profound effect on children, teachplayer¡ªall with no formal instruction. The point is to get
ing them history and building pride, respect, and cultural
parents to understand that children don¡¯t just learn while
understanding in ways that schools cannot equal.
they¡¯re in school. They learn constantly at home.
¡ö
Assume kids sleep eight hours a day.
24 hours a day minus eight sleeping hours = 16 waking
hours a day;
¡ö 365 days a year ¡Á 18 years = 6,570 days; and
¡ö 6,570 days ¡Á 16 waking hours = 105,120 waking hours by
age 18.
¡ö The average child spends six hours a day at school for
180 school days a year;
¡ö 180 school days ¡Á six hours per day = 1,080 hours per
school year;
¡ö 1,080 hours ¡Á 13 school years = 14,040 school hours;
and
¡ö
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Principal
¡ö
September/October 2004
John H. Wherry is president of The Parent Institute in Fairfax,
Virginia. His e-mail address is jhw@parent-.
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