Echándole Ganas: An Urban School's Effort to Engage Latino Parents

• In Event: 16.056 - Roundtable Session 4
  In Roundtable Session: 16.056-21 - Roundtable 3: Kindergarten Through Higher Education

Abstract

This study explored how the structures and strategies at one start-up middle school Charter School, Ganas Charter School, influenced the experiences, attitudes, and levels of engagement for Latino parents. This study was conducted as a mixed methods case study using a partially mixed sequential dominant status design (Leech & Onwuegbuzie, 2009). Data consisted of observations, interviews, examination of documents and pre-existing survey results that were collected during the inaugural year of the school. The analysis was completed using an a priori coding frame based on the literature that contextualized the study. Findings indicate that access, communication, actions and expectations, and barriers inhibited or promoted parent engagement at Ganas.

Authors

• Preciosa Karina Cordero, KIPP Sol Academy

• Sharon H. Ulanoff, California State University - Los Angeles