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Title Case for family literacy programs	Date 1991	Abstract Family literacy programs are showing up as major components in state reform strategies related to welfare, education, and eco...
Title Collaborations for literacy, an intergenerational reading project: tutor's handbook (excerpts)	Date 1985	Abstract Collaboration for Literacy, conducted by Boston University, is a community based reading project which trains college work st...
Title Effect of family literacy interventions on children's acquisition of reading from kindergarten to grade 3	Date Oct 2006	Abstract This study analyses findings from fourteen intervention studies representing three types of parent involvement and concludes ...
Title Effects of the implementation of Proposition 227 on the education of English learners, k-12: findings from a five-year evaluation	Date January 24, 2006	Abstract California's Proposition 227, passed in 1998, was intended to significantly alter the ways in which the state's English learn...
Title English family literacy programs: building on the resources of the home	Date 1990	Abstract In family or intergenerational programs, more than one generation participates in literacy practices and literacy instruction...
Title Family and intergenerational literacy	Date 1991	Abstract The digest looks at types and characteristics of family literacy programs and considers some of the issues in this approach. ...
Title Family and intergenerational literacy in multilingual communities	Date 1998	Abstract The report reviews selected research, current policies, goals, models for program design, and curriculum approaches in inter...
Title Family and intergenerational literacy programs: an update of "the noises of literacy"	Date 1990	Abstract Family and intergenerational literacy programs combine adult basic skill improvement and literacy development in children. T...
Title Family learning for limited-English proficient parents and their pre-school children: an intergenerational approach	Date [n.d.]	Abstract Plymouth Canton Community Education in Michigan implemented an intergenerational English as a Second Language program because...
Title Family literacy and adult English language learners	Date 2002	Abstract This trends and issues report describes how the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Title II, encourages adults to learn litera...
Title Family literacy in adult education: the federal and state support role	Date Sept 7, 2007	Abstract Developed for the August 20, 2007 meeting of the National Commission on Adult Literacy, this paper examines how family litera...
Title Family literacy programs and practices	Date 1992	Abstract This Practice Application Brief describes some of the program models that are proving effective in family literacy. It also ...
Title Family literacy: respecting family ways	Date 1998	Abstract The digest discusses the family as a preferred place of literacy development and highlights family literacy initiatives that ...
Title Helping your child become a reader; with activities for children from infancy through age 6	Date 2000	Abstract Intended for parents of young children, this document gives an explanation of why and how to use language skills to help youn...
Title Intergenerational learning and social capital	Date 2003	Abstract This Digest examines the relationship between intergenerational learning and social capital and describes research findings a...
Title Intergenerational literacy model project handbook	Date 1988	Abstract This project developed a model and accompanying implementation strategies for involving parents and the community in attackin...
Title Literacy begins at home: teach them to read	Date Sept 2007	Abstract This brochure has a checklists of ways parents can help a child during each stage of reading development from toddler to grad...
Title Put reading first: the research building blocks for teaching children to read, kindergarten through grade 3	Date 2001	Abstract This report makes suggestions for basic reading instruction with adults based on an evaluation of research. Main sections in...
Title Seminar on family literacy for migrant families: proceedings report	Date 2000	Abstract This document is the proceedings of a Seminar on Family Literacy for Migrant Families held at the Wyndham City Center Hotel i...
Title Show me family literacy! Missouri's guide to establishing family literacy programs	Date 2001	Abstract From the state of Missouri, a guide to establishing family literacy programs, including definitions, resources for getting st...
Title Teaching children to read: an evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction, summary report	Date 2000	Abstract This summary describes the methodology used by the National Reading Panel to review research in reading instruction and summa...