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Chaney, Cassandra – Journal of Negro Education, 2014
Literacy is one of the strongest predictors of adult success, yet one in four children are illiterate and 50% of adults cannot read a book that is written on an eighth grade level. Although African American children from low-income homes are three times more likely than White children to be poor, and at greater risk for illiteracy, this author is…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Intergenerational Programs, African American Family, African American Children