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One Step at a Time: The Effects of an Early Literacy Text Messaging Program for Parents of Preschoolers

Benjamin N. York, Susanna Loeb and Christopher Doss
Published online before print January 04, 2018, 0517-8756R; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.3.0517-8756R
Benjamin N. York
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ParentPowered Technologies.
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Susanna Loeb
Barnett Family Professor of Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education.
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0517-8756R
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.3.0517-8756R
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0022-166X
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  1. Benjamin N. York (ben.york{at}parentpowered.com)
  1. Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ParentPowered Technologies.
  1. Susanna Loeb (sloeb{at}stanford.edu)
  1. Barnett Family Professor of Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education.
  1. Christopher Doss (cdoss{at}rand.org)⇑
  1. An Associate Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation
  1. The authors are unable to release the data per district policy. Please contact that Christopher Doss at cdoss{at}rand.org for guidance.

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