A growing body of research shows that having an involved father enhances a child's well-being. This four-page issue brief, based on Mathematica's evaluation of the Early Head Start Fatherhood Demonstration, delineates lessons for policymakers and practitioners who are embarking on new efforts to increase fathers' involvement in Head Start and…

This book explores parental participation in the public schools as an opportunity for personal growth and empowerment and as a source of support for educational goals and needed resources. The first chapter explores developmental, psychological, and sociological theories that deal with human potential and how this is related to participation,…

Describes New Catholic High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., an innovative school for inner city disadvantaged youth. (MB)

Preschool home visiting projects have been used in England since the 1970s to work with disadvantaged mothers and children; the strategies of education for prevention and parent participation are common themes. This article studies participating mothers' expectations and experiences, and finds their lack of confidence or sense of influence…

Examined the school and life experiences of former preschoolers 17 years after they participated in the Syracuse (New York) Prekindergarten Program. Data on influences that impinged upon the students indicated few differences between the school achieving and non-achieving students. Subjects from both groups were doing well, indicating the…

Describes the development of a project to provide preschool services to disadvantaged children in Dublin, Ireland, highlighting pedagogical approaches and requirements for parental service in place of payment. Discusses research on program effectiveness indicating consistent program growth, regular attendance for most of the children, and high…

Examines the School Development Program of James Comer, first essayed in two predominantly Black New Haven (Connecticut) elementary schools. His theories of school improvement stress stability, autonomy, institutional loyalty, warmth of daily interaction, and other elements present in Black families and communities in prior decades. (DM)

Review of records of families with preschool children referred to an outpatient treatment center for emotionally and behaviorally troubled preschoolers found a greater degree of parenting stress was significantly associated with poorer attendance at group therapy for children, whereas greater socioeconomic disadvantage was significantly associated…

This Technical Assistance Paper offers guidance to programs regarding the implementation of the "Head Start Program Performance Standards" on child health and developmental services, child health and safety, and child nutrition. The paper examines how physical health influences children's development and how child health and development…

This document was produced as a position paper for background for a summit convened by the San Francisco Unified School District (California) to focus on the education and achievement of African American students. The Education Partnership Summit had the principal goal of developing strategies and techniques to increase the mathematics and reading…

It is widely accepted that in recent years the number and the proportion of at-risk, disadvantaged students have increased dramatically in the nation's schools--and that they are projected to increase even more dramatically by the year 2000. Effective communication between school personnel and parents of disadvantaged students generally is viewed…

Cognitive frameworks are the common meanings that a group of people share as they perceive things, communicate, explain events, understand connections between events, and interpret their world. This paper explores the use of the concept of shared cognitive frameworks in formulating methods for improving public schools. The analysis is based on…

A director of elementary education at a Chapter 1 school in a Southern, urban community designed and implemented a practicum study intended to expose disadvantaged kindergartners to stories and books. The primary goal was to stimulate the children's interest in books and desire to read. A second aim was to expand the scope of the practicum to…

A hearing was held for the purpose of receiving testimony on the reauthorization of the Head Start Act on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Head Start program, which was first implemented in 1965 to ensure that economically disadvantaged children begin school on an equal basis with their more advantaged peers. Opening remarks by…

THE BACKGROUND AND PRESENT STATUS OF PROJECT CONCERN, A 2-YEAR DESEGREGATION PROJECT IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. ABOUT 260 MINORITY GROUP PUPILS FROM EIGHT INNER-CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE BEING BUSED TO SCHOOLS IN FIVE OUTLYING SUBURBAN AREAS. STATE AND LOCAL TAX MONIES, PRIVATE FOUNDATION FUNDS, AND A FEDERAL GRANT…