Thirteen 'good practice' in-depth case studies of schools and family learning providers which successfully engage fathers, plus a guide to effective practice and a set of detailed policy recommendations, make this an invaluable guide for policy makers, funders, teachers, parents and family learning practitioners.

An overview of the extent to which resident and nonresident fathers are involved in their children's schools and examines their influence on children's school performance. Addresses: how fathers compare with mothers in their level of involvement; the increase or decrease of involvement as children grow older; the association between involvement in school and other parental behaviors at home in enhancing school success; whether fathers' involvement is linked to measures of children's school outcomes; the involvement of two parents as opposed to only one; and the extent of and factors that influence nonresident fathers' involvement. Charts and graphs. Also includes a 37-page vol., " A Call to Commitment: Fathers' Involvement in Children's Learning."

The literature tells us that parental involvement affects academic achievement. However, much of the literature on parental involvement focuses on the involvement of mothers with limited information about the involvement of fathers, especially African American fathers. The parental involvement literature on African American fathers is insufficient compared to their White counterparts. African American fathers do not have a “voice” in the literature on parental involvement. A racial and gender bias exists in the literature on parental involvement that marginalizes the voice of African American fathers. African American Fathers' Involvement in their Children’s Education seeks to understand the relationship that African American fathers have with the education of their children by using Critical Race Theory as a theoretical framework to privilege the "voice" of African American fathers. This text focuses on the contributions that African American fathers make in the lives of their children and families, challenges the master deficient narrative, and humanizes African American fathers. This book purposefully and unapologetically portrays African American fathers as the brilliant, excellent human beings they are.

A timely collection of sound research addresses father involvement in their children’s education. Promising Practices for Fathers’ Involvement in Their Children’s Education visits a less known side of parent involvement, the side of fathers’ active engagement with their children’s education in the home and that is less visible in the schools. Their contributions from preschool to career decision-making and accessibility to their children’s education are covered in ten chapters, focusing on in-depth research from Canada to Argentina and Korea to Africa.