Family and Community Involvement: The Bedrock of Reading Success.

Cooter, Robert B., Jr.; Mills-House, Earlene; Marrin, Peggy; Mathews, Barbara A.; Campbell, Sylvia; Baker, Tina

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Publication Date: 1999

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Family and Community Involvement: The Bedrock of Reading Success.

Cooter, Robert B., Jr.; Mills-House, Earlene; Marrin, Peggy; Mathews, Barbara A.; Campbell, Sylvia; Baker, Tina

Reading Teacher, v52 n8 p891-96 May 1999

Outlines a major literacy initiative for urban children taking place in the Dallas, Texas Public Schools. Describes several different programs at the school district level aimed at family and community outreach, in order to create a literacy-education support system with primary care givers in the homes. (SR)

Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Education, Family Involvement, Independent Reading, Parent Participation, Partnerships in Education, Program Descriptions, Reading Habits, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs, Summer Programs

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Texas (Dallas)

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