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Another step back?: Assessing readiness in Head Start A critique of the impact of current assessment and accountability measures on Head Start students |
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The case for public preschool A compilation of select arguments for the placement of public prekindergarten programs in public schools throughout the United States |
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Child day care in the schools: The school of the 21st century An overview of Schools of the 21st Century, comprehensive school-based, school-linked programs for children from birth to age 12 |
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Classroom-based intervention as a way to support low-income preschoolers' emotional and behavioral development: Pressing challenges and potential opportunities An overview and summary of a Chicago School Readiness Project experiment on the effects of a teacher training program on both classroom quality and child behavior in Head Start classrooms |
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The cognitive/academic emphasis versus the whole child approach: The 50-year debate An account of the alternating external pressures for a focus on either academic skills or broader child development goals throughout the history of Head Start |
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Early schooling: The national debate |
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The economic case for targeted preschool programs A compilation of economic arguments supporting a targeted approach to public early childhood education focusing on children in need instead of a universal availability approach |
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Effects of place of testing on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test scores of disadvantaged Head Start and non-Head Start children A study of the impact of the testing environment on the test performance of disadvantaged children in the Head Start Program as compared with disadvantaged children not in Head Start, with a total sample of 40 children tested at home or in another location |
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The great balancing act: Optimizing core curricula through playful pedagogy An argument for play-based learning in preschool environments |
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Head Start and social work: A question of quality A discussion of the social worker’s role in the Head Start program, including discussion on the lack of social workers in the program |
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The Head Start debates A compilation of essays on Head Start, analyzing the program's goals, effectiveness, and future improvement, with a focus on school readiness, child health, and socioemotional development |
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Head Start: Looking toward the future A discussion of Project Head Start's history, its shortcomings, and several recommendations to bolster its effectiveness |
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Head Start research: Informing quality practices and policy construction The keynote address from Head Start's third National Research Conference: Partnership among researchers, practitioners and policymakers |
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The hidden history of Head Start A narrative account of the formation and development of the Head Start program from the 1960s to 2009 |
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The importance of kindergarten-entry academic skills A discussion of the differences in later school success of children who attend preschools that focus primarily on academics or on that include significant behavioral, emotional, and social skills components |
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New Jersey's Abbott prekindergarten program: A model for the nation An overview of trends in participation, measurements of academic outcomes, and efforts to improve quality in the public preschool programs of New Jersey's Abbott-designated school districts |
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The pre-k debates: Current controversies and issues Commentaries on the choices faced by the United States in relation to the country's government-funded public prekindergarten systems, with sections on the issues of intended coverage, academics, quality, and teacher preparation |
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Prekindergarten in Oklahoma An account of the development of the public prekindergarten system in the state of Oklahoma, and an overview of the research on public preschool's influence on children's academic outcomes in the city of Tulsa |
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Preschool programs should be coordinated in the public schools with supports from Head Start and child care A discussion of potential benefits of increased support for prekindergarten programs in public schools, as well as an acknowledgement of several practical obstacles to increased support for public prekindergarten |
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Reliving the history of compensatory education: Policy choices, bureaucracy, and the politicized role of science in the evolution of Head Start An account of a proposal to phase out the Head Start program in 1970, based on an interview with Edward F. Zigler |
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The right policy at the right time: The Pew prekindergarten campaign An overview of the strategy of Pew Charititable Trust's state-level advocacy campaign to promote universal public prekindergarten |
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Three steps forward, two steps back: Head Start and the measurement of social competence A discussion of the Head Start program, beginning with a historical perspective of the program, the necessity for a greater cognitive development emphasis, as well as the necessity for a greater social competence emphasis |
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What should come before preschool: Lessons from Early Head Start An overview and discussion of the effects of Early Head Start (EHS) on both the socioemotional and cognitive outcomes of children and the choices of their parents, based on the results of both the Educare and the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project studies |
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Why the Child-Parent Center Education Program promotes life-course development An overview of the indicators used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Child-Parent Center Education Program and a discussion of the program's features |
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