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Peer reviewedVinovskis, Maris A. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1992
Discusses nineteenth-century U.S. efforts to educate poor children. Describes educational expansion during the period, which included monitorial charity schools, Sunday schools, and infant schools. Reviews antebellum perspectives on poverty and education. Examines school attendance in 1860 and the relationship between education and social…
Descriptors: Economic Opportunities, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational History, Educational Objectives
Direct linkVinovskis, Maris A. – University of Chicago Press, 2005
One of the most popular and enduring legacies of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs, Project Head Start continues to support young children of low-income families--close to one million annually--by providing a range of developmental and educational services. Yet as Head Start reaches its fortieth anniversary, debates over the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Intervention, Low Income, Preschool Education
