Opening Doors, Opening Opportunities
Subtitle: Family Literacy in an Urban Community
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; Allyn and Bacon
Published: February 8, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780205274925
Subjects: Primary / junior schools; Education In Urban Areas; Illiteracy And Literacy Education; Language Arts & Disciplines; Education / Teaching; Textbooks; Education; Administration - General; Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading; Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading; Literacy; Parent Participation; Sociology - Urban; Boston; Case studies; Education, Urban; Family literacy programs; Massachusetts; Minorities
Description: Discusses how to engage families in successful literacy programs through case studies of twelve home/school partnerships, examines how family literacy programs can be implemented, and concludes with a first- hand account of the Intergeneration Literacy Project. [back cover].