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Peer reviewedWright, Willie J. – Educational Leadership, 1991
To provide male role models (and help save the endangered African-American male), a Miami principal assigned 20 black kindergarten boys to an African-American male teacher and 23 black first grade boys to a white male teacher. Focusing on attendance, academic achievement, student partnerships, gentlemanly manners, and appropriate school behavior,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Attendance, Blacks
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Three types of intervention strategies are helping children make a successful transition into kindergarten: early intervention programs, school survival skill training, and delayed school entry. Early intervention programs are early childhood and preschool programs such as Head Start. The overall long-term effectiveness of such programs has…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Educational Strategies
