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Curtis Jones; Marlo Reeves; Dongmei Li – School Community Journal, 2023
Future Forward is an early elementary literacy program which, through a family-school-community partnership approach, integrates one-on-one tutoring and family engagement to support literacy development at school and at home. In the 2020-21 school year, as part of an Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Mid-Phase grant, the impact of a modified…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, COVID-19, Pandemics, Emergent Literacy
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Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Sheldon, Steven; Epstein, Joyce; Rice, Eric; Mac Iver, Douglas; Simmons, Adie – School Community Journal, 2018
This case study focuses on one district's process of continuous improvement in family engagement. The improvement effort addresses the point at which family engagement tends to decline precipitously and students are particularly vulnerable--the transition into high school. In this article we analyze the implementation of a continuous improvement…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Family Involvement, Transitional Programs, High School Students
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Collier, Margo; Keefe, Elizabeth B.; Hirrel, Laura A. – School Community Journal, 2015
Positive family-school-community relationships are associated with student success. Creating successful relationships with parents is an important but difficult task for teachers to master. Therefore, teacher candidates need opportunities to learn how to develop collaborative relationships with parents of all children, including children with…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Family Involvement, Teacher Education Programs
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Kreider, Holly; Raghupathy, Shobana – School Community Journal, 2010
Research has shown that engaging families through youth development and after-school programs may benefit children. This paper extends knowledge in this arena, describing a set of strategies for implementing family-strengthening activities in youth development settings. The paper reports findings from a pilot evaluation of the Boys & Girls Clubs…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Family Programs, After School Programs, Parents
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Crozier, Mary; Rokutani, Laurie; Russett, Jill L.; Godwin, Emilie; Banks, George E. – School Community Journal, 2010
Strong school and family ties have long shown success in influencing positive child development and lasting academic success. While a multitude of programs exist to help facilitate the school-family connection, one program in particular, Families and Schools Together, or FAST, stands out as an effective prevention program that is suitable for a…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Prevention, Family Programs, Metropolitan Areas
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Garcia, Delia C.; Hasson, Deborah J. – School Community Journal, 2004
Family literacy programs reflect a recent trend in educational reform that has proven to be a successful educational model for all members of the family unit. Based on the literature that links family involvement to student achievement, these initiatives focus on empowering parents of school children. These programs have been particularly…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Family Involvement, Academic Achievement, Educational Change