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Direct linkMaeroff, Gene I. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
A student's entire journey along the educational spectrum is affected by what occurs--and, crucially, by what does not occur--before the age of eight or nine. Yet early learning has never received the attention it deserves and needs. In his latest book, education expert Gene Maeroff takes a hard look at early learning and the primary grades of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Young Children, Early Childhood Education
Sorli, Hedwig M. – 1970
This report briefly describes and evaluates a program designed to provide medical and public health consultation to Project Head Start in Massachusetts. The program consisted of teams of community medical and public health professionals made available to Head Start programs for planning and implementation of health programs, and education and…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Family Health
Peer reviewedCasey, M. Beth; Lippman, Marjory – Young Children, 1991
Presents strategies to make planning-through-play activities a fun and integral part of the preschool developmental curriculum. Strategies are influenced by a Piagetian approach and an information processing approach that focuses on development of decision making. Specific suggestions are based on a model preschool program in Brookline,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Demonstration Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Learning Strategies
Download full textMassachusetts State Dept. of Education, Malden. Early Learning Services. – 1995
Designed to improve Massachusetts' children's healthy development and success in school, this plan discusses high quality early care and education programs that are responsive to the needs and preferences of families, and that provide parenting education and family literacy and support. The goal of the plan is to create a coordinated system of…
Descriptors: Children, Community Involvement, Day Care, Disadvantaged Youth
BLATT, BURTON; GARFUNKEL, FRANK – 1965
A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM WITH CHILDREN OF LOW-SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS WAS CONDUCTED TO ENHANCE THEIR EDUCABILITY. THE SAMPLE (N 74) WAS DIVIDED BY RANDOM ASSIGNMENT INTO ONE CONTROL AND TWO EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS. PROVISIONS WERE MADE FOR AN OPTIMAL NURSERY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT BY (1) HELPING CHILDREN TO FUNCTION SOCIALLY IN A GROUP, (2) PARTICIPATING IN…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Demonstration Programs, Environmental Influences
Chauncey, Caroline, Ed.; Sadowski, Michael, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2005
"Harvard Education Letter" is published bimonthly at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This issue of "Harvard Education Letter" contains the following articles: (1) Early Childhood Education at a Crossroads: Access to Preschool Has Come a Long Way, but Critical Choices Lie Ahead (Deborah Stipek); (2) Bridging the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Early Childhood Education, Newsletters, Preschool Education
Pierson, Donald E.; Yurchak, Mary Jane H. – 1974
The Brookline Early Education Project (BEEP) has been initiated by the Public Schools of Brookline, Massachusetts to help parents provide an optimum learning environment for their children throughout the preschool years. Enrollment in BEEP begins at birth and the project provides educational and diagnostic services, including pediatric care. Each…
Descriptors: Black Community, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Environment
Lydiard, Beverly, Ed.; Simon, Beverly Silver, Ed. – 1973
This report is a guide to ESEA Title III programs in Massachusetts. Forty-six programs are described; these programs concern, among many other topics, curriculum development, bilingual education, inservice teacher training, interdisciplinary programs, individualized instruction, learning and behavior problems, and environmental study. In addition…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development, Directories, Educational Innovation
Peer reviewedAnthony, Patricia G.; Rossman, Gretchen B. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1993
Massachusetts' public education system has a long history of excellence and high regard. Recently, a declining economy, changed demographics, and a conservative government have placed the commonwealth's schools in crisis. This article describes recent state educational reforms, particularly funding and programmatic initiatives, highlighting 1985…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational History
Edwards, Carolyn, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This collection of 18 essays and interviews documents the unique approach to early childhood education taken by schools in the Reggio Emilia region of Northern Italy for the last 30 years. The book is divided into four major parts. Part I includes an introduction by Carolyn Edwards and others, and the essay, "What Can We Learn From Reggio…
Descriptors: Art Education, Community Role, Creative Development, Curriculum Development
Shiminski, James A. – 1992
The United States Education Department recognizes projects that effectively meet the special needs of educationally deprived students. In 1992, the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Chapter 1 preschool program earned national validation as an "unusually successful" compensatory education program. The program has served as a statewide model, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Compensatory Education, Early Intervention
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Early Childhood Programs. – 1987
The Massachusetts Public School Improvement Act of 1985 charges the Board of Education's Early Childhood Advisory Council with conducting a comprehensive study of future trends in early childhood programs and reporting the findings to the Board of Education annually. This second report provides information in the following areas: (1) national…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Gnezda, M. Therese; Smith, Shelley L. – 1989
This book discusses state child care and early childhood education policies, particularly their relationship to the economy. It provides a framework for policymakers who are deliberating child care and early childhood education policies; outlines the range of recent state legislation; describes initiatives of Massachusetts and Washington; and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Levenstein, Phyllis – 1998
High school outcomes were assessed for 123 young adults, originally toddlers in the home-based, low-intensity Mother-Child Home Program (MCHP) and at risk for dropping out of high school because of their parents' low income and education. Participants were recruited for the Pittsfield, MA, replication of the MCHP and randomly selected into program…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Educational Assessment, Educational Attainment, Graduation
Upshur, Carole C. – 1994
This speech reports on data collected by the Early Intervention Collaborative Study (EICS), which is a longitudinal study following the development of 190 young children with disabilities (and their families) who entered 29 publicly funded early intervention programs in Massachusetts and New Hampshire in the period from 1985 to 1987. The…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demography, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities
