The Quantile Framework for Mathematics In the Home

Parents play an important role in their child’s academic success. The significance of parent involvement has been well documented in research, as well as in the political arena. In 2000, for example, the U.S. Congress amended its list of National Education Goals to include: “Every school will promote partnerships that will increase parent involvement and participation in promoting the social, emotional and academic growth of children” (U.S. Department of Education, 1994). While these initiatives have supported strengthening the home-school connection, when it comes to the study of mathematics parents can inadvertently relay their own negative attitudes and phobias about the subject to their child.