[NIFL-FAMILY:1099] Clips and Cross Posts

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Good Morning!

>From the Texas Family Literacy List Serve:
A Decade of Family Literacy: Programs, Outcomes, and Future Prospects
Padak, Nancy, Sapin, Connie, and Baycich, Dianna  (2002).
Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education.
Family literacy has been the focus of research and practice for at least the
past 2 decades. These programs bring together both early childhood and adult
literacy programs in a whole-family learning effort. This paper reviews and
synthesizes reports about family literacy programs and practices, focusing
on outcomes for adult learners. The emphasis is on resources available in
the ERIC database from 1990 to the present.
Print Materials (60 pages): FREE copies available IN TEXAS ONLY  (649.58
Pad).
http://www.ericacve.org/majorpubs2.asp?ID=30

>From Connect for Kids Weekly--May 13, 2002:

Now here is a timely little piece!
A Delicate Balance; By Bess Keller
This Education Week article about a school in Texas that offers dramatically
different classroom styles – Montessori and Direct Instruction
http://www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=34aldine.h21

And here is why it is so timely (and a little scary):
**No Child Left Behind: Low-Performing Schools Policy Brief
The concept of evaluating school performance relative to making adequate
yearly progress is not new to states. What has changed is that states
previously had more latitude in this area. Under the new Elementary and
Secondary Education Act, state responsibilities for intervention are more
prescribed.
http://www.ecs.org/html/newsMedia/e-Connection.asp#ep

By the way:
The Connect for Kids Weekly is an electronic newsletter of Connect for Kids
(http://www.connectforkids.org/), a resource for adults who want to build
better communities for kids and families. The Benton Foundation, our
publisher, works to realize the social benefits made possible by the public
interest use of communications.

I highly recommend signing up for this newsletter (but then you'll know
where I get all this cool information!)

Jon Lee
Training Specialist
NIFL-Family list moderator
National Center for Family Literacy
325 West Main St, Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40202-4237
Phone: 502.584.1133 x175
Fax: 502.584.0172
jlee@famlit.org
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