Davis Street Magnet School: Linking Child Development with Literacy.

Brown, Fay E.; Maholmes, Valerie; Murray, Edward T.; Nathan, Lola

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Publication Date: 1998

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Davis Street Magnet School: Linking Child Development with Literacy.

Brown, Fay E.; Maholmes, Valerie; Murray, Edward T.; Nathan, Lola

Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, v3 n1 p23-38 1998

Describes the School Development Program of the Davis Street Magnet School, New Haven (Connecticut), a Comer school since the late 1980s. The program uses a number of strategies to develop literacy among students identified as problem readers. This Comerian approach enhances student development along six developmental pathways and strengthens school and home connections. (SLD)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Family School Relationship, High Risk Students, Literacy, Magnet Schools, Urban Schools

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Language: English

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