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Peer reviewedOsterling, Jorge P.; Violand-Sanchez, Emma; von Vacano, Marcela – Educational Leadership, 1999
The push for the English-only literacy approach sends the wrong message to language-minority families. The Arlington (Virginia) Public Schools have established first-language pilot programs to accelerate Latino students' academic achievement and have welcomed community-based educational initiatives. A family-literacy program motivates parents to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Literacy
