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NESA Launches New Family Literacy Journal

by Elizabeth Breaux Thompson

NESA (the National Even Start Association) provides a national voice and vision for Even Start family literacy programs. In Fall 2002, NESA introduced the first issue of its national, peer-reviewed journal, Family Literacy Forum, to provide a forum for scholarship regarding the literacy development of families in home, community, and school-based settings. Volume 1, Number 1 of Family Literacy Forum included: "The Parenting Education Profile" by M. Christine Dwyer; "At the Kitchen Table: Building Home-School Partnerships that Support Learning" by Jane Spielman; "Early Literacy Attributes Indicators" by Sean A.Walmsley and Lynnette Pannucci; "Bibliotherapy: Literacy and Life Support for Families" by Ruth Crawford; and "The Parent-Teacher Learning Collaborative at Community School 53: The Story of a Partnership" by Barbara Watanabe Batton. For subscription information, visit the journal’s website
http://www.evenstart.org/fam_lit_forum.htm or call NESA at 1-800-977-3731.