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A New Framework for Understanding Parental Involvement: Setting the Stage for Academic Success

Angel L. Harris, Keith Robinson
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2016, 2 (5) 186-201; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.5.09
Angel L. Harris
aProfessor of sociology and director of the Program for Research on Education and Development of Youth at Duke University
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bResearcher (most recently with the University of Texas) now unaffiliated
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    • TOWARD A NEW FRAMEWORK OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
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    • STAGE-SETTING VERSUS TRADITIONAL PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
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