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EJ583491 CS757084

Title: Family and Community Involvement: The Bedrock of Reading Success.
Author(s): Cooter, Robert B., Jr.; Mills-House, Earlene; Marrin, Peggy; Mathews, Barbara A.; Campbell, Sylvia; Baker, Tina
Source: Reading Teacher, v52 n8 p891-96 May 1999
Publication Date: 1999
ISSN: 0034-0561
Language: English
Document Type: Guides--Non-classroom (055); Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Journal Announcement: CIJNOV1999

Outlines a major literacy initiative for urban children taking place in the Dallas, Texas Public Schools. Describes several different programs at the school district level aimed at family and community outreach, in order to create a literacy-education support system with primary care givers in the homes. (SR)

Descriptors: *Community Involvement; Elementary Education; *Family Involvement; Independent Reading; Parent Participation; Partnerships in Education; Program Descriptions; Reading Habits; *Reading Improvement; *Reading Programs; Summer Programs
Identifiers: Texas (Dallas)