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Building on Existing Strengths To Increase Family Literacy. ERIC Digest Number 145

This digest focuses on strategies for reaching families and increasing family literacy that reflect the strengths families already have. The Federal Even Start Family Literacy Program, authorized in 1988, is the catalyst for much of the family literacy activity nationally. Funded programs must adhere to Even Start's core organizational curriculum, and evaluation requirements and goals, but program models vary greatly and the degree to which programs reflect and involve the families they serve varies, although multisite programs tend to be more generic in organization and curriculum.

• Author/Creator: Schwartz, Wendy Corp Author Eric Clearinghouse on Urban Education New York N. Y.
• Author's address: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Box 40, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027; Tel: 800-601-4868 (Toll Free).
• Date Published: 06-00
• Notes: Check the catalogs in your library. Libraries worldwide that own item: 13 Search the catalog at the library of the University of Colorado at Boulder. ISSN: 0889-8049 English Report No: EDO-UD-99-5 Funding: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. ED-99-CO-0035/ Report: EDO-UD-99-5 Document (RIE) 071 Information Analyses--ERIC IAPs; 073 Eric Digest in Full Text EDRS: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
• Year: 1999

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Diversity Practices
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Literacy Education
• Subject: Parent Participation

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