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The Link between Investment in Early Childhood Preschools and High School Graduation Rates for African American Males in the United States of America
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McCarthy, Patricia Bowens; Morote, Elsa-Sofia – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2009
This article reports the investigation of the extent to which US preschool federal funding (Head Start) and the preschool enrollment of African American males (aged three to five) affected the high school graduation rates of this population (aged 14 to 19). The authors found that a link exists between preschool enrollment and the high school…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Males, African Americans