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Levesque, Jeri A. – National Center for Families Learning, 2017
Racial and ethnic diversity has increased dramatically over the past 35 years, enriching our public schools with students whose families embody a global village. Of the children born in the U.S. to at least one foreign-born parent, the majority are Hispanic. This is a pattern that reflects the recent rise of immigration from Latin America.…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Hispanic American Students, English Language Learners, Partnerships in Education
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Whitty, Pam; Brown, Cheryl; Crawford, Sally – English Quarterly, 2002
Reflects upon the development, implementation and research of specific intergenerational family literacy initiatives in the Anglophone section of New Brunswick. Presents four initiatives and discusses working with the community, working in the neighborhood, and working within a university context. (SG)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Involvement, Educational Research, Family Literacy
LVA Lancaster-Lebanon Literacy Council, Lebanon, PA. – 1990
This report briefly describes an intergenerational, interagency project in Lancaster and Lebanon counties of Pennsylvania. The project attempted to show that with training and group bonding, members of different generations reading preschool materials together for 8 weeks could change their attitudes and habits about reading in general and reading…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Resources, Family Literacy, Intergenerational Programs
Chapman, Madie; Ferris, Angie – 1988
The Parents and Children Enjoy Reading project in the East End of London is an adult literacy and numeracy program based on the principle that one of the strongest motivations for adults entering a basic education program is the desire to be able to help their own children learn. Volunteers work in one-on-one or group tutoring settings to offer…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Family Programs, Foreign Countries
Community Action Southwest, Waynesburg, PA. – 1994
This document consists of a brief final report and a handbook from a project conducted to develop family numeracy activities and incorporate them into adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) classes in two Pennsylvania counties. The 10 activities, which were designed to help adult learners foster the development of numeracy concepts/skills in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, County Programs, Family Literacy, Family Programs
Illinois Literacy Resource Development Center, Rantoul. – 1991
Seven model family literacy programs in Illinois were monitored for one year to determine successful program components and characteristics and to assist local programs in developing and implementing practical evaluation systems. Six were networking programs each of which involved several agencies, and one program was designed on a center-based…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Hausman, Bonnie; Parsons, Kathryn – Equity and Choice, 1989
Describes the Parent and Child Education (PACE) program, a statewide family literacy program in Kentucky that promotes positive attitudes toward schooling and academic achievement. PACE focuses on parents' basic skills, children's learning skills, and parents' child care skills. (FMW)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Educationally Disadvantaged, Family Literacy
Gabler, Carol L. – 1990
The Family Literacy Program in Eau Claire, Wisconsin is an example of a strong linkage between professional educators, volunteers, and parents. The program uses the strengths of reading professionals working with preschool students and adult learners in order to break the intergenerational cycle of illiteracy. Cooperation and hard work are the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Family Influence
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Fischer, Denise R. – 1989
Located in Baytown, Texas, Sterling Municipal Library's Adult Literacy Project provided free one-to-one tutoring to all totally and functionally illiterate adults in its service area. All tutoring was performed in the library during regular hours of operation. The project used Literacy Volunteers of America methodology and limited itself to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Ancillary School Services, Federal Aid
Dorchester School District 2, Summerville, SC. – 1989
A project was developed in Dorchester County, South Carolina's fastest-growing county, to help parents who lack basic skills become full partners in the education of their children, and to assist children in reaching their full potential as learners, by providing basic skills training for the parents. The program, called Parents as Instructional…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Generations Together. – 1994
A demonstration project was conducted in three diverse, multiethnic Western Pennsylvania communities to use older adult tutors to improve Head Start parents' literacy skills so that these parents could aid and encourage the development of their own children's literacy. During the project, the partnerships in two Pennsylvania counties developed and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Family Literacy
Doctor Gertrude A. Barber Center, Erie, PA. – 1994
A family literacy program was developed for families containing young children and learning-challenged adults whose limited reading skills made it impossible for them to read aloud to their children. The program's primary objective was to upgrade the parents' reading skills and knowledge of children's literature. The program was staffed by a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Demonstration Programs, Family Literacy
Crocker, M. Judith, Ed.; And Others – 1989
This guide is intended to help adult education programs establish family literacy programs and create Family Learning Centers in Cleveland Public Schools. The information should assist program coordinators in developing educational components that offer activities to raise the self-esteem of the parents and provide them with the knowledge and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Lehman, Bernadette B. – 1993
Stressing the need for activities that are amusing, useful, and fun, this paper outlines a family literacy project that provides parents preparing for the General Education Development (GED) test with literacy activities they can do with their children at home. The paper explains that the project was developed for participants of the Indiana…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Emergent Literacy, Family Literacy
Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council, PA. – 1991
The Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council (GPLC) worked with Beginning with Books (BWB) to develop a family literacy component for tutor training. Four objectives were achieved: (1) a family literacy segment was added to the beginning tutor training course; (2) tutor trainers were prepared to present the segment; (3) family literacy materials for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Cooperative Programs
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