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Download full textMeier, Joanne; Harnett, Susanne – 2001
Over 1,000 colleges and universities have joined the America Reads initiative and have placed Federal Work-Study students in high-needs schools, the majority in urban settings. Few outside the reading field recognize the complexities associated with instruction for emergent readers, particularly for students who arrive at school with few literacy…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Grade 1, Intervention
Peer reviewedNeuman, Susan B. – Reading Teacher, 1995
Describes a parent volunteer tutoring program, called "Reading Together," that is run by members of the community, and that provides opportunities for kindergarten and pre-first-grade children to read and write in a playful environment. (SR)
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parents as Teachers, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
Flippo, Rona F.; And Others – 1993
The Student Literacy Corps of Fitchburg State College, Massachusetts, in cooperation with the surrounding community, implemented a successful literacy program whose primary goal was to nurture and develop literacy opportunities and awareness of cultural diversity for area youth and adults. College students (for whom this is an elective course)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
