
Literacy: A Family Matter

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A Compact for Reading Guide: A Joint Project of the U.S. Department of Education and the Los Angeles Times http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/content.html The Compact for Reading Guide is a user-friendly handbook designed to walk a family-school compact team through the steps of building and implementing a Compact for Reading. It provides information, strategies, examples, and checklists to help parents, educators, and community members develop effective, workable compacts that can improve schools, increase family involvement, and increase student skills and achievement in reading.
Community Reading: Suggested Stories And Ways To Involve Family Members Hugh Maguire http://www.thefamily.com/parenting/commread3.html This article provides a blueprint for community readings that can motivate families and children to read together.
Parent Involvement in Education Kathleen Cotton and Karen Reed Wikelund http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/3/cu6.html In this article by the Northwest Regional Education Laboratory, the authors review the literature on parent involvement and school success.
10 Tips to Help Busy Families Idaho State Library http://www.lili.org/isl/rl6.htm This one-pager offers practical advice to parents to create 15 minutes of reading time each day.
What Research says About Parent Involvement in Children's Education in Relation to Academic Achievement Michigan Department of Education http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Final_Parent_ Involvement_Fact_Sheet_14732_7.pdf This overview of family involvement includes Epstein's framework for school involvement
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