Websites

U.S. Department of Education - Ed.gov
 
By going to this site you can access Family Literacy: An Annotated Bibliography, which "summarizes the writings and research on family literacy and on topics directly relevant to family literacy programs."

ERIC - Education Resource Information Center
 
When you go to this site type in the term family literacy into the search box and you will be provided with more than 3000 results on family literacy studies and reports from educational journals.

The National Academies Press
 
By going to this site you can access Family Literacy: An Annotated Bibliography, which "summarizes the writings and research on family literacy and on topics directly relevant to family literacy programs."

Pew Hispanic Center - Report
 
This will take you to the Pew Hispanic Center and its National Survey of Latinos on Education.

Pew Hispanic Center - Fact Sheet
 
Here you can access an informative Fact Sheet on Hispanic Attitudes Toward Learning English.

ies - National Center for Education Statistics
 
This will take you to the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education and the publication, Status and Trends in the Education of Hispanics.


Research References

Barbara Hanna Wasik, et al, Family Literacy: An Annotated Bibliography, ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398; Tel: 877-433-7827 (Toll Free), North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. School of Education, Frank Porter Graham Center. Sponsor: National Inst. on Early Childhood Development and Education (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. 2000.

Patricia E. Linder and Martha M. Foote, "Why Should We Care About Family Literacy? Preservice and Mentor Teachers' Awareness." Journal of Reading Education, v27, n2, Winter 2002.

Ruby K. Payne, A Framework for Understanding Poverty, (Highlands, TX: aha! Process, 2005).

Nancy Padak and Tim Rasinski, Family Literacy Programs: Who Benefits?, Kent State Univ., OH. Ohio Literacy Resource Center. Sponsors: National Inst. for Literacy, Washington, D.C., 1997.

Vivian L. Gadsen, "Understanding Family Literacy: Conceptual Issues Facing the Field," Teachers College Record, 96, 1994.

Concha Delgado-Gaitan. Literacy for Empowerment: The Role of Parents in Children's Education, (London: Falmer Press, 1990).