High academic achievement closely associated to community-based activities

‘The idea of supplementary education is based on the assumption that high academic achievement is closely associated with exposure to family and community-based activities and learning experiences that occur both in and out of school in support of academic learning. For low income and some ethnic minority student groups, opportunities to participate in such activities are generally under-resourced and underutilized in comparison to the access to and participation in such activities by many European- and Asian- Americans from mid to high socio-economic backgrounds. This book makes the case for supplementary education.’

Supplementary Education: The Hidden Curriculum of High Academic Achievement Paperback

26 Nov 2004 (but still holds true!)
by Edmund W. Gordon