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Community-Based Literacy Learning Spaces as Counterhegemonic Figured Worlds for African American Readers
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Acosta, Melanie M.; Duggins, Shaunté – Reading Horizons, 2018
Community-based literacy learning spaces are crucial to the enduring African American pursuit of literacy. This article reports findings from a study exploring the impact of a community-based literacy tutoring program for African American readers in grades 3-5. Findings also report on ways the community literacy site was similar to historic…
Descriptors: African American Students, Elementary School Students, Community Programs, Literacy Education
A Summer Reading Programme
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Cromie, Rachel; Fa'alogo, Ingrid Gwilliam; Gwilliam, Marilyn; Limbrick, Libby – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2017
Current national and international research indicates the summer break can negatively affect students' reading achievement. To counter this effect, our primary school with a range of students worked in collaboration with our local public library to plan and implement a summer reading programme. The purpose of the programme was to increase…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Students
Summer Reading to Overcome the Summer Effect
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Gwilliam, Marilyn; Limbrick, Libby – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2016
The school in which this research project took place, Papatoetoe Central, was concerned about research evidence that indicated students' reading achievement dropped after long summer breaks. This drop in achievement, known as "the summer effect", has been reported in schools in New Zealand and internationally (Alexander, Entwisle, &…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Vacations, Reading Achievement
Houston Real Men Read: What Was the Experience of Mentors during the Sixth Year of the Program, 2014? Evaluation Report. Volume 8, Issue 1
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Muñiz, Deborah L. – Houston Independent School District, 2014
Houston Real Men Read is chaired by Texas Senator Rodney Ellis and spearheaded by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board Trustee Paula M. Harris. Houston Real Men Read is a mentoring program in which men from the Houston community committed one hour, once a month, to read to second, fifth, and seventh-grade students. The program…
Descriptors: Mentors, Males, School Community Programs, Grade 2
Houston Real Men Read: What Was the Experience of Mentors and Students during the Fifth Year of the Real Men Read Program, 2013? Evaluation Brief. Volume 7, Issue 2
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Muñiz, Deborah L. – Houston Independent School District, 2013
Houston Real Men Read, chaired by Texas District XIII Senator Rodney Ellis and spearheaded by Houston Independent School District (HISD) IV Board Trustee Paula M. Harris, is a mentoring program in which men from the Houston community committed one hour of their time, once a month, to read to second, fifth, and seventh-grade students. The reading…
Descriptors: Mentors, Males, School Community Programs, Grade 2
Family Literacy Night: A Celebration of Reading!
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Campbell, Becky; Morton, Shirley; Rumschlag, Hella – Library Media Connection, 2011
Family Literacy Night is an exciting way to engage students and their parents in meaningful literacy activities while building community spirit and strengthening the partnership between school and home. It is an opportunity for students to show their parents what they do in school; how they create in the computer lab, how they work in the art…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family School Relationship, Partnerships in Education, School Community Programs