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Download full textSchwartz, Wendy – 1999
This digest focuses on strategies for reaching families and increasing family literacy that reflect the strengths families already have. The Federal Even Start Family Literacy Program, authorized in 1988, is the catalyst for much of the family literacy activity nationally. Funded programs must adhere to Even Start's core organizational curriculum,…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Programs, Literacy Education, Parent Education
Schwartz, Wendy – 1999
To help guide family literacy program developers in shaping their curriculum, and educators and community leaders in creating independent parenting programs, this digest describes the parenting education component of successful urban programs. In general, family literacy programs have three basic components: adult education, parenting education,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Family Literacy, Family Programs, Literacy Education
Goldberg, Donald – 1997
This digest presents an overview of the auditory-verbal approach to teaching communication skills to children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The goal of auditory-verbal practices is for children who are deaf or hard of hearing to grow up in "typical" learning and living environments that enable them to become independent,…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Children, Deafness, Early Intervention
Stone, Patrick – 1997
This digest provides an overview of the auditory-oral approach used for developing communication skills in children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The approach is based on the fundamental premise that acquiring competence in spoken language is a realistic goal for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and is best developed in an environment…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Auditory Training, Children, Cochlear Implants
Weiler, Jeanne – 1998
Success for All (SFA), a schoolwide research-based reform model developed by Robert Slavin and his associates at Johns Hopkins University, is based on the premise that all students can and must succeed in the early grades. The program targets students in the lower grades, providing them with intensive instruction in language arts. This effort is…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Educational Research
ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, New York, NY. – 1998
Interest in the quality of after-school programs has been increasing. It is recognized that, in urban and low-income areas, after-school programs are essential to counteract the effects of a number of factors contributing to a student's lack of opportunities and ability to succeed academically. However, information on the types of programs that…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
