Envisions the teacher-educator's role as vital in involving parents and community in preschool education. (WY)

The Gifted Department of the Rockford Illinois Public Schools has provided a preschool summer program for identified gifted children and their parents attending cojoint sessions with preschoolers in a classroom environment directed by a teacher and parents in a discussion/work group with a psychologist. (Author/SBH)

A participatory science workshop--open house was designed for parents and preschool children to explore together. Organizing and setting up are detailed. (HS)

Discusses the development and philosophy of parent-infant education programs provided by Washington State community colleges and vocational technical schools consisting of parent-participation classes and cooperative preschools for 10,000 families. Describes program at Seattle Community College. (BF/JH)

Discusses the new Program Performance Standards for Head Start, including the inclusion of guidelines for Early Head Start, the integration of program services, and family partnerships. Examines the impact of new standards on non-Head Start programs. Includes a quiz for early childhood programs to assess how their program rates on the new…

This study examined the level of participation in and attitudes toward the Head Start program and its services among Hispanic parents in two North Carolina counties. Survey findings suggested that although parents were satisfied with Head Start services received, only 44 percent agreed that they received services in Spanish when they needed it.…

Suggests ways parents can prepare their children for becoming literate. (SR)

This paper reports on a home-based intervention project piloted with preschoolers with emotional disturbances (N=30) including family services from an intervention team. The program emphasizes interactive planning for the Individual Family Service Plan. Two case studies are included. Results from a descriptive evaluation survey completed by…

An early education program for children under 5 worked on creating an environment in which fathers feel welcome and acknowledged as influences on child learning. Publicity and programs were designed to reflect gender differences in values and motivation. (SK)

Describes the history and development of parent cooperative preschools in 20th-century America. Traces the beginnings of the movement, the opening of the first American cooperative in 1915, and subsequent characteristics of cooperatives. Notes that throughout the century, cooperative preschools provided direct parental contribution, involvement,…

With the addition of 120,000 children, the United States will serve slightly over one million children in state-sponsored pre-k programs. States are working to improve the program quality and expand the settings in which pre-k is provided. For example, of the one million children served in state pre-k, about 30 percent are in non-school settings,…

In February 2007, First 5 LA contracted with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR) and its subcontractors, Juarez and Associates, American Institutes for Research (AIR), and Berkeley Evaluation and Assessment Research (BEAR) Center, to conduct the First 5 LA/LAUP Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study (UPCOS). The authors conducted the study…

This article is an excerpt from a keynote speech delivered by Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut at the 2007 Annual Conference of the American Montessori Society held last March 3, 2007 in New York City. In his speech, Dodd talked about how Dr. Maria Montessori literally took the teacher's desk out of the classroom when she developed the…