Deprivation may take many forms: malnutrition, understimulation or overstimulation, limited language or social-emotional experiences, and others. The more extended the time of the deprivation, the greater the problem of amelioration. Research has shown that children who experienced deprivations do respond to early intervention and improve their…

Collected in this document are seven papers presented at the Ohio Conference on Reading and Early Childhood: (1) "Kids," Jerome Kagen; (2) "Parents as Partners," Christine F. Branche; (3) "When the Young Child Finds Importance in Reading," Leland B. Jacobs; (4) "Four Questions on Early Childhood Education,"…

This report compiles data that describe education vouchers, discuss how an education voucher experiment such as OEO's proposed project would function, and present advantages and disadvantages of vouchers. The report presents OEO specifications for its proposed longrange experiment and explains variations in other voucher systems. Problems of…

The proceedings of the National Conference on Day Care Services are reported. Addresses before general sessions were: (1)"The Nation Looks at Day Care Services" by Hubert H. Humphrey; (2) "Spotlight on Day Care" by Ellen Winston; (3) "Education and Welfare: Allies Against Poverty" by Francis Keppel; (4) "Twenty Percent of the Nation" by Julius B.…

The Florida State Legislature and the Department of Education have generally addressed the 1997 recommendations of the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) for improving student performance in high-poverty schools. Recent legislation and department actions have established a stronger foundation for ensuring that…

A look at the Job Corps will provide greater insight into the needs of young people and the kind of education they require. (JL)

Describes a study which focused on two aspects of the significance of employing parents as teachers aides in schools with educationally and socially disadvantaged children: (1) the problem of satisfying educational requirements; and (2) the approach of new career innovations to improve the community through the incorporation of paraprofessional…

Inner city students are leaving high school without satisfactory English language skills. The blame for this must be shared among parents, teachers, administrators, students, and society at large. (RLV)

Investigated the relationship between Head Start parents' membership in a Transition Demonstration, level of parent education, self-efficacy, and children's academic abilities. Found that membership in the transition group was associated with parental self-efficacy, which significantly predicted children's academic abilities. (JPB)

This paper presents a summary of data from one program, Success for All, that is in the process of making the transition from local pilot to national model. Earlier evaluations of Success for All in its original home, Baltimore (Maryland), have shown that it can be highly successful in increasing reading achievement among very disadvantaged…

How to build and support the Empowering School is explained. The Empowering School is one in which caring adults empower students to learn to hold meaningful jobs, to enjoy close relationships with caring adults, and to learn to communicate in positive ways. The Empowering School is also a center for social service. Part 1 of this book describes…

To examine how high-poverty schools in Florida can work to improve student performance, a study was made of the status of high-poverty schools and strategies that appear to be working. Data were from reviews of Florida Department of Education documents; visits to 27 schools; and surveys of principals, teachers, and parents. Schools serving a large…

The context and preliminary results of an ongoing research project involving parents in the University of Sheffield's (English) Early Literacy Development Project are described. The project developed programs involving at-home work with parents and in-school work for families with preschool children. Initial discussion identified four lines of…

The Chapter 1 district program for Superior, Wisconsin, is described in terms of the following: (1) district information; (2) program and project information; (3) goals and objectives; (4) coordination with regular and special school programs; (5) parent and community involvement; (6) professional development and training; (7) leadership; (8)…

An introduction and annotations of 37 research reports review evidence regarding the effect of parental involvement on student achievement in elementary and secondary education. The annotations cover studies from 1966 through 1980 that analyze such variables as family background and socioeconomic status, parent powerlessness, parents' expectations…