Judith S Bartfeld, Lawrence Berger, Fei Men
Universal Access to Free School Meals through the Community Eligibility Provision Is Associated with Better Attendance for Low-Income Elementary School Students in Wisconsin
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
using data early childhood longitudinal studykindergarten cohort n 13970 examined whether two aspects schoolfamily connectionsparental involvement communication qualityaccounted association classroom composition childrens academic socioemotional functioning following transition elementary school students sameraceethnic representation classrooms greater classroom raceethnic diversity promoted parental involvement turn promoted childrens interpersonal skills reading achievement classroom diversity made little difference parental involvement students fewer sameraceethnic peers classroom teacherparent communication quality emerge explanatory mechanism findings vary raceethnic match students teachers