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Gilpin, Ansley; Mennen, Ferol; Pakulak, Eric; Sommer, Teresa Eckrich; Dwyer, Kathleen M.; Cannon, Erin; Bell, Theodore; Boxmeyer, Caroline; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay; Chor, Elise; DeCaro, Jason; Dela Cruz, Kenn Lacsamana; Giuliano, Ryan; Gomsrud, Melissa; Karns, Christina; Klein, Scott; Lochman, John; Longoria, Zayra; Molina, Abigail Palmer; Monro, William; Neville, Helen; O'Neil, Lauren; Reynolds, Mary Margaret; Sabol, Terri J.; Sclafani, Marisa; Tighe, Lauren A. – Administration for Children & Families, 2020
This brief introduces four research projects testing promising interventions funded under the Head Start University Partnerships (HSUP): Dual-Generation Approaches1 grant program. Two-generation approaches are typically designed to address problems associated with poverty by combining child-focused services with adult-focused services. Head Start…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Childhood Needs
Gelatt, Julia; Adams, Gina; Huerta, Sandra – Urban Institute, 2014
In recent years, many states have expanded their state-funded prekindergarten programs, drawing on evidence that public investments in early childhood education bring substantial returns in children's educational trajectories and a more skilled future workforce. Evidence also suggests that returns to early education may be larger for children of…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Kindergarten, Access to Education, Barriers
Intercultural Development Research Association, 2013
Many would agree on the primacy of a high quality education for social and economic health, democracy, and individual prosperity, but scarcely a week goes by that we do not hear that a quality education for all children is not possible. Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) and their partners are told that parents don't care;…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Family School Relationship
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Phillips, Deborah A.; Gormley, William T.; Lowenstein, Amy E. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2009
This observational study of 106 pre-K classrooms in Tulsa, Oklahoma provides descriptive data on children's classroom experiences--classroom climate and exposure to academic instruction--and comparisons of Tulsa classrooms with a multi-state sample of pre-K and Head Start classrooms led by comparably educated teachers. We also examined teacher and…
Descriptors: Time Management, Disadvantaged Youth, Parent Participation, Literacy
KEELY, SUZANN – 1967
SEVENTY-ONE CHILDREN WERE ENROLLED IN THE KICKAPOO-NORTH CANADIAN PROJECT FOR A PERIOD OF 2 MONTHS OR LONGER. THIS REPORT IS DIVIDED INTO 7 SECTIONS AND 2 APPENDICES. PART I CONTAINS A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRESS OF EACH CHILD DURING THE PROJECT. PART II CONTAINS BIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE STAFF. PART III CONTAINS A LIST OF SPECIAL…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Enrichment Activities, Family Involvement, Family School Relationship
Sears, Nedra C.; Medearis, Linda Lee Chapman – 1993
An Oklahoma program trained preschool teachers to interact with families of Seminole and Chickasaw children enrolled in Head Start. The program focused on integrating American Indian culture and mathematics. Head Start staff were trained in developmentally appropriate mathematics instruction, with an emphasis on employing culturally relevant…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Cultural Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1985
Designed to be used in conjunction with an early childhood guide entitled "Beginnings," this resource guide presents a variety of learning activities for children in preschool through second grade. The guide aims to encourage and reinforce the use of a variety of concrete, semi-concrete, and abstract activities meeting the developmental…
Descriptors: Art, Communication Skills, Cooking Instruction, Early Childhood Education
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1980
The guide, a support document to the Oklahoma State Plan for Special Education, presents a policies and procedures manual for special education in Oklahoma in accordance with the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142). The manual is intended to establish the minimum standards for special education program approval, to establish…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Due Process, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Development Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This report describes the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma site of the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP), a Head Start-affiliated program designed to elicit community and family involvement in fostering optimum development of preschool children and their families. The Oklahoma City site, serving a rural black community, is one of 11 demonstration…
Descriptors: Black Community, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Day Care