NLA Discussion: 21st Century Act

[Marguerite Lukes]

John Comings wrote:

>I must admit that I think of family literacy as parents and young children. 
>Are there examples of parents and middle school or high school children 
>involved  in a family literacy program?
>
>John Comings
>COMINGJO at HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU

John:

	Although it is not called a "family literacy program" per se, the 
Center for Language Minority Education and Research at California State 
University in Long Beach, California has run for the past three years what 
it calls the "Home-School-Community Collaboration Institute."  In this mixture
of training and technical assistance, language minority parents and parents of
color work together with teachers, administrators and other school staff to 
become actively involved in school governance and start making decisions within
school reform efforts.
   One aspect of this program is funded by a grant from the Andrew Mellon 
Foundation and involves immigrant parents and children at three middle schools 
and two high schools. Starting from non-existent parent involvement and 
language minority students farmed into non-academic programs (to lead them 
unquestionably to be some of our adult students later down the line), the
program has increased the involvement of immigrant parents, the participation 
of immigrant students in and their knowledge about academic programs, and the 
mutual collaboration between teachers and parents.
	For more information, contact Dr. J. David Ramirez (dramirez at csulb.edu 
(310) 985-4544) or Gloria Inzunza-Franco (gifranco at csulb.edu, (310) 985-5808).

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