Exploring home-school connections: A family literacy perspective on improving urban schools

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-17

  Nistler, Robert J ^a   Maiers, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24944560758     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124599032001001     Document Type: Review

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