Sandra Tang|Eric Dearing|Heather B. Weiss
Spanish-speaking Mexican-American families’ involvement in school-based activities and their children's literacy: The implications of having teachers who speak Spanish and English
Boston College|Boston College|Harvard University Press
sample lowincome spanishspeaking mexicanamerican families n 72 investigated associations family involvement schoolbased activities childrens literacy preferred language english spanish early elementary school gave special attention potential moderating role teacher fluency spanish kindergarten third grade family involvement schoolbased activities increased children displayed early literacy problems rate increase greater children consistently bilingual teachers children turn increased family involvement predicted better literacy skills third grade particularly children struggled early discuss results light recent recommendations increase number elementary school teachers fluent spanish english