Follow Through teachers, classroom aides, principals, staff developers, and a 10 percent parent sample were surveyed in the spring of 1976 for their opinions and perceptions of various aspects of the Philadelphia Follow Through program. A substantial majority in each category of respondents indicated their respective models were helping pupils'…

This paper describes the model for a program of compensatory education designed to intervene directly in the home so that the home situation might lead to better school and life performance. A section on "Rationale and Major Objectives" explains the program emphases: (1) the development of nonprofessionals as parent educators and as…