Parent-school cooperation as an answer to Early School Leaving problem in Europe

Abstract

The objective of the article is to highlight parental involvement in school life as a response to an important problem of Early School Leading (ESL) in Europe. The article presents a new important issue in the European politics: the challenges that ESL presents in countries such as Malta, Spain, Portugal and offers parent-school relations as one possible solution of solving the problem. Parents are and should be partners in the educational process. They can help at the school and their collaboration helps to form partnerships that meet the needs of all children. They exchange information and share in decision making.