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Teresa Eckrich Sommer; Lauren A. Tighe; Terri J. Sabol; Elise Chor; P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale; Hirokazu Yoshikawa; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; Amanda S. Morris; Christopher T. King – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
We present results of a randomized control trial of a two-generation English as a Second Language (ESL) program in which all families participated in Head Start while treatment parents also enrolled in a high dosage, family-focused ESL curriculum with supportive services. Examining 197 parent-child dyads among Spanish- (89%) and Zomi-speaking…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Montemayor, Aurelio M.; Chavkin, Nancy – Voices in Urban Education, 2016
Title I schools that serve a large population of low-income students often view families through the lens of an outdated paradigm of family engagement in education, assuming parents are mostly uneducated, ill informed, and much in need of training and support to be good parents. "Comunitario" projects in the Rio Grande Valley of south…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Leadership Effectiveness, Family Involvement, Parent Participation