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Silvern, Steven – Childhood Education, 1985
This research review identifies parental roles and practices that have been shown to promote reading readiness, receptivity to reading instruction, and increased achievement in reading. Reviews studies of intervention and involvement programs designed to expand or alter parental practices in improving children's reading attitudes and achievement.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Literature Reviews, Parent Influence, Parent Participation
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Moya, Stephanie A.; Hampl, Jeffrey S. – Childhood Education, 2003
Describes Project GLEAN (Gain Leverage and Empowerment through Adequate Nutrition), a partnership between a university, a food bank, and a K-8 elementary school to distribute food to the school's children, all of whom were eligible for free school meals. Reports that nearly 55 tons of food were distributed in 2001-2002 and that low-income children…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools, Hunger