Children and Adolescents From Poverty and Reading Development: A Research Review

2010/03/01 by Alpana Bhattacharya · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Parental Involvement in Education #Education Systems and Policy #School Choice and Performance

paper · doi:10.1080/10573560903547445

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Abstract

This article reviews the relationship between poverty and reading achievement in America's schools. It then discusses how to advance the reading proficiencies of students from economically impoverished homes. It gives particular emphasis to school–home partnerships and sociocultural literacy practices.

Citations

• The complexities of reading capital in two Puerto Rican families
• Socioeconomic disadvantage and child development.
• Funds of knowledge for teaching: Using a qualitative approach to connect homes and classrooms
• The Role of Environment in the Development of Reading Skills

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• Adolescent literacy [wikipedia]