How Parents' Liaisons Connect Families to School.

Halford, Joan Montgomery

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ERIC Number: EJ522783

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Publication Date: 1996

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How Parents' Liaisons Connect Families to School.

Halford, Joan Montgomery

Educational Leadership, v53 n7 p34-36 Apr 1996

In neighborhoods of wide socioeconomic and cultural variation, liaisons who speak at least two languages are a vital link between school and community. Over several years, Fairfax County, Virginia, program has grown from one part-time position to three positions to meet the needs of the sizable Spanish- and Vietnamese-speaking communities. (MLH)

Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs, Hispanic Americans, Linking Agents, Parent School Relationship, Program Descriptions, Second Languages, Vietnamese People

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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