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Download full textKutz, Gregory D. – US Government Accountability Office, 2010
The Head Start program, overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services and administered by the Office of Head Start, provides child development services primarily to low-income families and their children. Federal law allows up to 10 percent of enrolled families to have incomes above 130 percent of the poverty line--GAO (Government…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Integrated Services, National Programs, Low Income Groups
Hewes, Dorothy W. – 1997
This report traces the history and contributions of California's cooperative nursery schools (co-ops) within the context of the national growth in preschools. From the late 1870s through the 1920s, Froebel's ideas regarding the education of young children were evident in early nursery schools. By the late 1920s, nursery schools generally followed…
Descriptors: History, Nursery Schools, Parent Participation, Preschool Education
Love, John M. – 1993
Focusing on one aspect of a study examining the child-staff ratio in California state-subsidized day care centers, this paper explores the relationship between indicators of quality and the behavior of children in day care centers. In fall 1990, trained observers spent a week in 122 day care classrooms throughout California. During this time they…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Class Size, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Developing a Partnership (DAP) in Early Childhood Education: A Parent Career and Employment Program.
Brizzi, Elsa – 1997
This document consists of a six-panel promotional brochure and a 15-page program description, both detailing the Developing a Partnership (DAP) in Early Childhood Education Program. This Los Angeles County, California, preschool/primary school training effort aims to enhance teaching and parenting skills through early childhood education. It also…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Early Childhood Education, Employment Services, Parent Education
Cosden, Merith; And Others – 1993
Over the past 10 years, kindergarten classes have escalated their academic demands in order to prepare children to begin first grade. In tandem with curricular changes, many parents have elected to "hold out" their children from first grade for an additional year, and increasingly, schools are using kindergarten retention in response to…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Grade Placement, English (Second Language), Grade Repetition
Meier, John H. – 1993
In light of debate about the developmentally inappropriate and culturally questionable use of standardized testing for placement of preschool children, alternative approaches to screening and assessment are required. The impact of a Head Start program upon children must involve documentation of physical and mental health, speech, hearing, vision,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Stages
