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- From: hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
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- Subject: Re: Parental Involvement in Reading
- Message-ID: <BxrrKt.5JJ@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 18:05:16 GMT
- References: <1992Nov14.045018.15739@r-node.gts.org>
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- In article <1992Nov14.045018.15739@r-node.gts.org> ndallen@r-node.gts.org (Nigel Allen) writes:
- >Here is a press release from the American Federation of Teachers.
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- > AFT, Chrysler to Release Study on Parental Involvement In Reading
- > To: Assignment Desk, Education Writer
- > Contact: Jamie Horwitz of the American Federation of Teachers,
- > 202-879-4447
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- > News Advisory:
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- > The American Federation of Teachers will release "The AFT/Chrysler
- >Report on Kids, Parents and Reading" in the Zenger Room of the
- >Ntional Press Club, 14th and F streets N.W., on Monday, Nov. 16, at
- >10 a.m.
- > The study, sponsored by the AFT, was conducted by Peter D. Hart
- >Research and funded through a grant from the Chrysler Corp.
- > AFT President Albert Shanker will be joined by pollster Fred
- >Hartwig of Peter D. Hart Research and Valerie Becker, Chrysler's
- >National Education Program Administrator.
- > Parents of children ranging in age from 1 to 14 were interviewed
- >for the study. Focus groups also were conducted among elementary and
- >middle school educators.
- > -30-
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- Prediction: The report will say that having parents teach their children
- to read before entering school is bad. Also, teaching structure, grammar,
- etc., is bad.
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