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LITERACY STARTS AT HOME.

The article offers the author's insights regarding the importance of families and family engagement on children for student achievement. Topics discussed include the role played by parents and families on students during their childhood wherein literacy and early learning were taught, challenges fac...

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Published in:Reading Today Vol. 32; no. 6; pp. 8 - 10
Main Author: Post, Marcie Craig
Format: Article
Published: International Literacy Association May/Jun2015
Subjects:
Parent participation in education
Academic achievement
Parental influences
Literacy education
Illiterate persons
Social conditions of developing countries
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article offers the author's insights regarding the importance of families and family engagement on children for student achievement. Topics discussed include the role played by parents and families on students during their childhood wherein literacy and early learning were taught, challenges faced in developing countries in terms of literacy such as the total number of youths and adults who were illiterate, and passage of the Family Engagement in Education Act in the U.S.