"Research confirms common sense . . .

Research confirms what common sense suggests: parents are central to the education success of their children. John M. Bridgeland, John J. DiIulio, Ryan T. Streeter, and James R. Mason, One Dream, Two Realities: Perspectives of Parents on America's High Schools, Civic Enterprises in association with Peter D. Hart Research Associates for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, October 2008.