Where appropriate, Catholic schools can offer courses for parents. School-related parent organizations should provide opportunities for adults to learn more about child development and pedagogical method.
Educational research supports the view that the home is the critical educational institution.
Study after study identifies home and family as vital forces strongly affecting school achievement. Throughout the world the home is the crucial factor in determining children's overall performance. And the school should keep the families informed about the ways in which the educational philosophy is being applied or improved on, about formation, about administration, and, in certain cases, about the management. It is not a question of convenience, but a partnership based on faith. In addition, the school should try to involve the family as much as possible in the educational aims of the school - both in helping to plan these goals and in helping to achieve them.