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Home‐School Partnerships in Literacy Education: From Rhetoric to Reality
Author(s) -
Padak Nancy,
Rasinski Timothy
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1598/rt.60.3.11
Subject(s) - reading (process) , literacy , psychology , literacy education , rhetoric , pedagogy , family literacy , mathematics education , emergent literacy , early literacy , linguistics , philosophy
Research indicates that parental involvement in schooling, particularly in the early years, can have strongly positive effects on children's academic success. But how can teachers reach out effectively to busy parents? The authors describe one approach—Fast Start—that offers a simple, easily implemented program to encourage daily reading and word study in the home.