Parental involvement is an essential factor in the successful education and well-being of children.
Research shows that parental involvement increases academic achievement. Essential to parental involvement is exercising parental rights and responsibilities. TJF's Parental Rights Council is the only parents' organization in Texas specifically designed to provide resources, information and legal assistance to parents to form local PROs and to protect and exercise their parental rights. A minimum passing score on the third-grade reading TAAS correlates to placing in the 22nd percentile on the Iowa Test, meaning about 78 percent of students scored better. The Saturday mail delivery brought more than the usual bills to Plano Independent School District trustees Gary Base and Duncan Webb.