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2000

California State University, San Bernardino

Minorities -- Education -- California

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Parent-Teacher Home Response Learning Journals To Foster Collaboration In Children's Literacy Development, Marie Vargas Piel Jan 2000

Parent-Teacher Home Response Learning Journals To Foster Collaboration In Children's Literacy Development, Marie Vargas Piel

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to connect English language learning (ELL) student's school life with their home life. Proposition 227, which prohibited the use of Spanish in the classrooms, has made it difficult to make the home-school connection. Research shows that parents play a vital role in the education of their children but Proosition 227 severely restricted Spanish speaking parents' participation in their child's education. This study demonstrates how the use of home response learning journals empowered parents to participate in their children's literacy and biliteracy development.