Dr. Karen Mapp on Making a Difference A good home learning
environment, in which parents encourage and develop their child,
has an astonishing impact on performance – up to 21 per cent
increases in literacy and 16 per cent increases in numeracy by
the age of five (source: Early Childhood Matters: Evidence from
the Effective Pre-school and Primary Education Project).
According to a 2011 PISA report, the positive impacts continue
into the later years when parents talk to their teenage students
about education, current events and life in general. Dr. Karen
Mapp talks about the difference engaged parents can make. Click
here to watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK-TAy9H7-g