This is really evident through Heath's (1986) study of three communities. ... Accepting of the fact that parent involvement is critical to the academic and emotional growth of children, schools need a meaningful framework to guide them so as to avoid implementing programs that remain nothing more than "a series of disconnected activities with little relevance to family or classroom environments" (Coleman & Churchill, 1997, as cited in Shepard, Trimberger, McClintock & Lecklider, 1999, p.1). ... Teachers can send useful materials home from school to help children with essential strateg...

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