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Building on the Strengths of Families: The Promising Readers Program.
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Brenner, Devon; Jayroe, Teresa; Boutwell, Angela – Language Arts, 2003
Describes one rural school's development of a literacy program in which family members collaborate with educators to provide literature-based experiences and tutoring for struggling readers. Concludes that family literacy programs are more successful when they involve family members in working with children as they learn the literary strategies to…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Education, Family Literacy, Instructional Improvement