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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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Evaluating child and family demonstration initiatives: Lessons from the Comprehensive Child Development Program A discussion of alleged shortcomings in both implementation and evaluation of the comprehensive Child Development Program that addresses the roles of demonstration projects and their evaluations, the problems associated the evaluation of programs early in their implementation, the importance of assuring appropriate treatment quantity and quality, and the judicious use and interpretation of large-scale randomized evaluations |
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Extended childhood intervention prepares children for school and beyond A summary of the Head Start initiative and the implications of early childhood intervention on the outcomes of children |
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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 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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Head Start's national reporting system: A work in progress A paper regarding the controversy surrounding the Head Start National Reporting System, which was designed to evaluate the quality of Head Start programs by assessing Head Start children's cognitive abilities |
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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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Moving Head Start to the states: One experiment too many A critique of the proposed devolution of Head Start control to the states. |
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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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Prepared statement of Edward Zigler A presentation to the United States Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions by Edward Zigler, a psychology professor at Yale University and one of the planners of the Head Start program, discussing ways to improve Head Start’s literacy instruction |
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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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Supporting children and families in the schools: The School of the 21st Century An overview of the development and implementation of the Twenty-first Century Schools program, an after school child care program located within public schools |
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