Narrowing the Achievement Gap proposes a radical change to our conception of learning, education and schooling, arguing that parental engagement is the best lever we have for school improvement and closing the achievement gap. Unique in its focus on original research linking underachievement and parental engagement, this book uses a range of international case studies to demonstrate that achievement isn’t only reliant on what happens in school and that what happens out of school is equally important.

Each chapter explores how schools can actively engage with parents and communities to reinstate education in the home, and to generate support to combat issues out of their control, including poverty, deprivation, and a lack of social capital. Although schools have an integral part to play in this process, it argues that parents and society must reconsider their own educational responsibility, regardless of background, and offers a solid research base and practical suggestions to help do so.

Consisting of an in-depth and contemporary study of this significant issue in educational achievement and written by an expert in the field, this text will appeal to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of education, schooling, sociology of education, school effectiveness and improvement, school policy and school leadership.

Dr. Rajeev Tiwari is a Sr. Associate Professor in SCS in UPES, Dehradun (India).

Dr. Neelam Duhan is currently working as Associate Professor in Department of Computer Engineering at J. C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad.

Dr. Mamta Mittal has 18 years old of teaching experience and her research areas include data mining, big data, machine learning, soft computing and data structure.

Dr. Abhineet Anand is a Professor in Computer Science and Engineering department with Chitkara University, Punjab.

Muhammad Attique Khan is currently a lecturer of Computer Science Department in HITEC University Taxila, Pakistan.