Rules of (child) engagement

01-05-2010

By Jennifer Torres/San Joaquin Record

More American children are engaged in school - they are interested in their assignments, they work hard, they enjoy attending - and more are involved in the kinds of extracurricular activities that help keep them engaged than were about a decade ago, according to a recently published report from the Census Bureau. But the census also found that student engagement is related to parent education, family income and other factors with which San Joaquin County has tended to struggle. In "A Child's Day," Census Bureau analysts surveyed parents - mothers, for the most part - on their children's attitudes toward and performance at school, as well as on details about their home lives: Are there rules established for watching television? Do the children eat dinner with their parents most nights? Do parents praise their children regularly? Do the children take part in sports and other out-of-school activities? (more...)

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