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Sondeania Marie Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Family engagement benefits children's development and contributes to student academic success. However, educators feel that they are unprepared to engage families in the educational process, although they are encouraged to do so. The purpose of this basic qualitative study with interviews was to explore educators' and parents' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Social Services, Low Income Students, Family Involvement
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Smith, Julia; Johnson, Deborah J. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2022
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) is a Head Start program which serves exclusively young children from the migrant farmworker community, the majority of whom are Mexican nationals and second-generation immigrants. From this early childhood context, little is known about parents' perspectives on education and the roles they take to engage in…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services, Young Children
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Teresa Eckrich Sommer; Lauren A. Tighe; Terri J. Sabol; Elise Chor; P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale; Hirokazu Yoshikawa; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; Amanda S. Morris; Christopher T. King – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
We present results of a randomized control trial of a two-generation English as a Second Language (ESL) program in which all families participated in Head Start while treatment parents also enrolled in a high dosage, family-focused ESL curriculum with supportive services. Examining 197 parent-child dyads among Spanish- (89%) and Zomi-speaking…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency