Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
Source
| Cambridge University Press | 1 |
| Center for Law and Social… | 1 |
| ETS Center for Research on… | 1 |
| Journal of Speech, Language,… | 1 |
| Reading Newsreport | 1 |
| Southern Education Foundation | 1 |
| Teachers College Record | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 4 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Books | 1 |
| Collected Works - General | 1 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 1 |
Education Level
| Early Childhood Education | 5 |
| Preschool Education | 4 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 2 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Kindergarten | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Michigan | 14 |
| Louisiana | 3 |
| Georgia | 2 |
| Illinois | 2 |
| New Jersey | 2 |
| New York | 2 |
| North Carolina | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 2 |
| Tennessee | 2 |
| Alabama | 1 |
| Arizona | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Elementary and Secondary… | 2 |
| Race to the Top | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| Classroom Assessment Scoring… | 1 |
| Early Childhood Environment… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textSykes, Gary; Bell, Courtney; Shukla, Bhavya – ETS Center for Research on Human Capital and Education, 2020
This is the second in a series of policy notes and related publications exploring prospects for developing indicators of teaching quality. The first examined federal databases that include information about teachers, demonstrating that almost none of the measures in these datasets provides indication of teaching quality. This policy note takes the…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Educational Indicators
Dingerson, Leigh – Southern Education Foundation, 2015
In this report, the Annenberg Institute for School Reform and the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) highlight instructional and community-based strategies for strong public schools in Georgia. The authors offer eight essential, evidence-based strategies for success: (1) Access to high quality early childhood and pre-K education; (2)…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Evidence Based Practice, Community Schools
Peer reviewed
Direct linkBeatty, Barbara – Teachers College Record, 2012
I focus on the role of preschool intervention and developmental psychology researchers in defining the concept of the "disadvantaged child" and in designing and evaluating remedies to alleviate educational "disadvantages" in young children. I argue that preschool interventions concentrated especially on compensating for…
Descriptors: Intervention, African American Children, African American Family, Compensatory Education
Stockman, Ida J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2008
Purpose: This study aimed to show (a) whether the minimal competence core (MCC) of consonants used by African American preschoolers in I. Stockman (2006) can be observed in a larger group of children using shorter and more controlled speech samples and (b) whether the MCC pass/fail outcomes are differentially related to performance on selected…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Children, Phonetics, Phonemes
McClelland, Donna; And Others – 1970
The Ypsilanti Curriculum Demonstration Project's language training curriculum for three- and four-year old disadvantaged children, using the Bereiter Engelmann program, is provided. The purpose of the curriculum is to effect a behavior change in the child to enable him to achieve in the traditional education environment. Emphasis is given to the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Disadvantaged Youth, Language Instruction
Reynolds, Arthur J., Ed.; Rolnick, Arthur J., Ed.; Englund, Michelle M., Ed.; Temple, Judy A., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2010
"Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life" presents research findings on the effects of early childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life and their implications for policy development and reform. Leading scholars in the multidisciplinary field of human development and in early childhood learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Human Capital, School Readiness, Early Intervention
WEIDART, DAVID P. – 1964
A SCHOOL- AND HOME-BASED PRESCHOOL PROGRAM WAS INSTITUTED FOR CULTURALLY DEPRIVED, FUNCTIONALLY RETARDED, 3- AND 4-YEAR-OLD NEGRO CHILDREN TO PROVIDE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND TO ENABLE THE CHILDREN TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL. A CHILD WAS CHOSEN FOR THE PROGRAM ACCORDING TO CERTAIN RATINGS OF HIS PARENTS' BACKGROUND, HIS OWN IQ, AND HIS ACHIEVEMENT.…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth, Group Activities
Reading Newsreport, 1971
Summarizes and evaluates a preschool program for three and four year old children coming from a deprived background and with scores of 85 and under on the Stanford-Binet scale. (JM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth, Home Visits
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. – 1980
Evaluation of a Title I Prekindergarten Program serving thirteen elementary schools is presented. Through a screening test, children most needing prekindergarten experience were chosen for participation. The program followed the Piagetian theory of child development concentrating on the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains. Both process…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Disadvantaged Youth, Formative Evaluation
Schumacher, Rachel; Ewen, Danielle; Hart, Katherine; Lombardi, Joan – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2005
This brief is based on the 61-page report of the same name. This paper, commissioned by the Brookings Institution, studies the emergence of the mixed delivery model, in which pre-kindergarten is delivered in community-based settings and schools. It describes findings of a state survey CLASP conducted to understand the policy choices,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Child Care Centers, Delivery Systems, Preschool Education
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. – 1993
This Kids Count status report profiles the status of child care and early childhood education in Michigan. The first part of the report examines the growing need for child care, and examines three main issues; availability, affordability, and quality. The second part of the report examines these issues as they pertain to the state of Michigan.…
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
WEIKART, DAVID P.; AND OTHERS – 1964
A SCHOOL- AND HOME-BASED PRESCHOOL WAS INSTITUTED FOR CULTURALLY DEPRIVED, FUNCTIONALLY RETARDED, 3- AND 4-YEAR-OLD NEGRO CHILDREN TO PROVIDE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND TO ENABLE THE CHILDREN TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL. THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF A COGNITIVELY ORIENTED MORNING NURSERY SCHOOL, AN AFTERNOON HOME-BASED PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Blacks, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1967
This report briefly describes Federally-financed compsensatory education activities for disadvantaged students in Michigan public and private schools during the 1966-67 academic year. Types of projects, fiscal policy, and use of grants are discussed. Illustrative projects, including a preschool program, reading improvement instruction, and a…
Descriptors: Community Services, Compensatory Education, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth
MARBURGER, CARL – 1963
BECAUSE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED OF EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, CITIES OF TODAY REALIZE THEIR OBLIGATION TO EDUCATE THE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED. CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN REFLECT INDIFFERENCE TO RESPONSIBILITY, NONPURPOSEFUL ACTIVITY, POOR HEALTH HABITS, INADEQUATE COMMUNICATION SKILLS, LITTLE MASTERY OF READING SKILLS AND A…
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth, Inservice Teacher Education, Motivation
