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Nardine, Frank E.

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The Changing Role of Low-Income Minority Parents in Their Children's Schooling.

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Nardine, Frank E. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1990

Deficit models of low-income parents' involvement in schools are giving way to concepts of empowerment. An after-school computer education program in an inner-city youth club kindled parent interest and participation by focusing on children's educational success and valuing parents both as parents and as adult learners. (22 references) (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Education, After School Programs, Computer Literacy, Educational Experience