Building partnerships in education through a story-tool based intervention: Parental involvement experiences among families with Roma backgrounds.

Introduction: School educators are likely to explain the poor educational trajectories of students with Roma backgrounds related to the lack of parental support and interest in children's education. Aiming to understand further the patterns of Roma group's parental involvement in children's school life and their engagement experiences in school-related activities, the current research set an intervention supported by a culturally sensitive story-tool.

Method: Grounded in the intervention-based research framework, 12 participants (i.