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Head Start: The Inside Story of America's Most Successful Educational Experiment

Book by Edward Zigler, Susan Muenchow; Basic Books, 1992

Subjects:

Education, Preschool--United States, Project Head Start (U.S.)--History, Zigler, Edward--1930---Views On Education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

day Head Start programs directly. Based...have the right to spend Head Start funds on extended day programs...child expenditure for Head Start would allow for one-quarter...separate funding stream for Head Start extended-day programs. However...would be needed to protect Head Starts federal-to-local delivery...
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Before Head Start: The Iowa Station & America's Children

Book by Hamilton Cravens; University of North Carolina Press, 1993

Subjects:

Child Development--Research--Iowa, Child Development--Research--United States--History--20th Century, Iowa Child Welfare Research Station

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Russell Kirk, False Start for Head Start in Michigan , National...886. 11. Fiske, "Head Start"; The Westinghouse Learning...Circirelli , The Impact of Head Start: An Evaluation of the Effects of Head Start on Childrens Cognitive and...sec. 1, p. 44. For Head Starts status as of the early 1990s...
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Starting Right: How America Neglects Its Youngest Children and What We Can Do about It

Book by Sheila B. Kamerman, Alfred J. Kahn; Oxford University Press, 1995

Subjects:

Child Care Services--Government Policy--United States, Child Care--Government Policy--United States, Child Welfare--United States, Head Start Programs--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...President Clinton proposed full funding of Head Start. But the federal policy is unchanged...national attention has been focused on Head Start during the early Clinton years...Department of Health and Human Service. Head Start, which may be school-connected...
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A Creative Capitalism: Intended to Reveal Where Depressions Start, Where Lasting Cure Must Begin and How Cure Can Be Had within the Capitalistic System of Private Enterprise

Book by Joseph E. Goodbar, Lorenzo U. Bergeron; Boston University Press, 1948

Subjects:

Business Cycles, Capitalism, Economics

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...take long in making itself felt at the market-place. "Time-lag" does no more than give a head-start to the output of Money Income; a head-start which will soon vanish unless it can and does keep step with the accompanying total of Output...
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People Walk on Their Heads: Moses Weinberger's Jews and Judaism in New York

Book by Jonathan D. Sarna, Moses Weinberger; Holmes & Meier, 1982

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Jews--New York (State)--New York, Judaism--New York (State)--New York, New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic Relations

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...of the fowl is slaughtered on Sabbath eve, or on Thursday, every slaughterhouse boss understandably wants to get a head start, for the earlier he gets to market, the greater his success. The shochet , therefore, must sometimes slay as many...

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Journal Articles on: head start

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Head Start's Comparative Advantage: Myth or Reality?

Journal article by William T. Gormley Jr., Deborah Phillips, Shirley Adelstein, Catherine Shaw; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 38, 2010

Subjects:

Child health services--Government finance, Early childhood education--Analysis, Early childhood education--Government finance, Educational programs--Evaluation, Educational programs--Government finance, Head Start Act, Literacy--Analysis, Literacy--Oklahoma

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Head Starts Comparative Advantage...years, the Head Start program enjoyed...way to describe Head Starts current status...Families, Head Start is "a national...Tulsa County Head Start program. Under...teachers, CAP Head Starts leaders have...
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Pathways to Quality in Head Start, Public School, and Private Nonprofit Early Childhood Programs

Journal article by Ann S. Epstein; Journal of Research in Childhood Education, Vol. 13, 1999

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Early childhood education--Standards, Educational services industry--Evaluation, Head Start programs--Evaluation, Private schools--Evaluation, Public schools--Evaluation, Teachers--Training

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Pathways to Quality in Head Start, Public School, and Private Nonprofit...types of early childhood settings--Head Start, public school, and private nonprofit...only of those programs located in Head Start, public school, or private nonprofit...
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Head Start, Other Preschool Programs, & Life Success in a Youth Cohort

Journal article by Richard K. Caputo; Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, Vol. 30, 2003

Subjects:

Head Start programs--Finance, Head Start programs--Methods

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Head Start, Other Preschool Programs...devoted much attention to Head Start and other preschool interventions...is mixed in regard to Head Starts enabling poor families to...NLSY79 mothers shows that Head Start children spend more time...
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Families of Head Start Children: A Research Connection

Journal article by Delar K. Singh; Journal of Instructional Psychology, Vol. 30, 2003

Subjects:

African American parents--Comparative method, Early childhood education--Influence, Early childhood education--Research, National Head Start Association--Evaluation, Parenting--Comparative method, Stress (Psychology)--Research, Whites--Comparative method

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...prevalent amongst families of Head Start children, often interfere...research shows that Head Start exerts a positive influence...the positive effects of Head Start differ for African American...cultural differences in Head Starts impact. Reviewing previous...
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Maternal Parenting Characteristics and School Involvement: Predictors of Kindergarten Cognitive Competence among Head Start Children

Journal article by Anne Mcdonald Gulp, Laura Hubbs-Tait, Rex E. Gulp, Huei-Juang Starost; Journal of Research in Childhood Education, Vol. 15, 2000

Subjects:

Cognition--Case studies, Early childhood education--Case studies, Head Start programs--Case studies, Home and school--Case studies, Kindergarten--Case studies, Parenting--Case studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...school competence, among Head Start children (National Head Start Association Silver Ribbon...major component of Head Starts comprehensive curriculum...1985). The impact of Head Start on children, families...VA: National Head Start Association. National...for research on Head Starts families. Washington...

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Magazine Articles on: head start

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The Settlement House Initiative: Merging Head Start and Daycare in New York

Magazine article by Allen Kraus, Ajay Chaudry; Public Welfare, Vol. 53, Fall 1995

Subjects:

Child care, Head Start project, New York City New York, Social services, United Neighborhood Houses

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...daycare and Local 95 for Head Start. Two separate management...represent daycare and Head Start directors in negotiations...resistance. At worst, Head Start staff fear that the changes will violate Head Starts strong program guidelines...
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Head Start under Assault: The Flaws in the Administration's Misguided Plan

Magazine article by Helen Blank; The American Prospect, Vol. 15, November 2004

Subjects:

Education and state--Analysis, Education policy--Analysis, Head Start programs--Management

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...devolve" the federal Head Start program, giving its...guarantee that Head Starts comprehensive services...are not enrolled in Head Start and Early Head Start. This is a plan that...pressure to dilute Head Starts comprehensive approach...
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A Head Start for Poor Children?

Magazine article by Krista Kafer; World and I, Vol. 19, February 2004

Subjects:

Poor children--Government finance, Poor children--Services, Social policy--Analysis, Social policy--Influence, United States. Head Start programs--Analysis, United States. Head Start programs--Influence, United States--Social policy

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...achievement gap through Head Start, Title I of the Elementary...controversy over Head Starts effectiveness. Early...requirement in the 1998 Head Start reauthorization act for...study. The National Head Start Impact Study, which...will also examine Head Starts impact on families and...
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Caveat Emptor: The Head Start Scam

Magazine article by John Hood; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 121, May 1993

Subjects:

Early childhood education--Evaluation, Education, Preschool--Evaluation, Head Start programs--Evaluation, Preschool education--Evaluation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...conservatives prefer Head Starts relatively low price...foundations However, Head Starts major selling point...unique (and non-Head Start) preschool programs...of their doubts about Head Starts success. Kagan, for...relevance to the Head Start debate. If he is right...
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Does Head Start Really Help Children?

Magazine article by Nina H. Shokrah, Patrick F. Fagan; Human Events, Vol. 54, August 21, 1998

Subjects:

Accountability, Child welfare, GAO, General Accounting Office, Government spending, Head Start project

Collections: Entire Library

...report assesses the studies of Head Start undertaken to date and concludes that research on Head Start provides little information...reviewed HHS plans for future Head Start studies and concluded that...information needed to assess Head Starts effectiveness. In June 1998...

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Newspaper Articles on: head start

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Value of Head Start Questioned as Reauthorization Debate Looms

Newspaper article by Cheryl Wetzstein; The Washington Times, July 27, 1998

Subjects:

Head Start programs

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and child support rules for Head Start children whose parents are...service" that would allow Head Start parents to use any early childhood...development center if their Head Start program was defunded. The...early research proves Head Starts effectiveness. "A large body...
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Judge OKs Survey of Head Start Pay; Top Salaries Are under Scrutiny

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 25, 2004

Subjects:

National Head Start Association

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Judge OKs Survey of Head Start Pay; Top Salaries Are under Scrutiny...subcommittee that wrote the House Head Start bill. The House leaders were dismayed...cars and out-of-town travel. Head Start teachers typically earn $21,000...
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Cities Seek Head Start Oversight; Congress Hears Stories of Waste

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 6, 2005

Subjects:

United States. Head Start programs

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Cities Seek Head Start Oversight; Congress Hears Stories of...also told the Senate panel about their Head Start scandals. The Government Accountability...violations in 838, or 76 percent, of Head Start programs they reviewed in 2000. When...
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A New Start for Head Start

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 7, 2002

Subjects:

Bush, Laura, Head Start programs

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...6,800 per child for the average Head Start program to provide part-day services...obviously, cost considerably more. If Head Start actually accomplished its mission...the dirty little secret is that Head Start, to a very large degree, functions...
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Senate Panel Hears Head Start Debate; Republicans Fight Program Backers, Hope to Bring Reform Bill to Floor Vote

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 23, 2003

Subjects:

National Head Start Association

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...important, Republicans say, Head Start has generally failed to raise...to have oversight over Head Start operations. The eight-state...leaders and the National Head Start Association, which represents...governors to take control of Head Starts funds and essentially dismantle...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: head start

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Head Start

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

HEAD START U.S. educational program for disadvantaged preschool children, established...which made individual grants to cities and other localities to set up Head Start centers. In 1969 the program was transferred to the Dept. of Health...
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School

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...in the number of households where both parents work and in the number of single-parent households, programs such as Head Start have been established to care for preschool children. Special programs have been established for the deaf, the blind...
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Health and Human Services, United States Department Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...matters. The department has several components. The Administration for Children and Families is responsible for Operation Head Start, the enforcement of child support laws, and programs concerning adoption, job training, and runaway youths. The...
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Day Nursery

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...designed to lower the age at which children may be cared for. Many centers now provide infant care. The federally funded Head Start program (est. 1965) was designed to provide a combination of educational and day-care services to children from...
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Great Society

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...1964), and two education acts (1965). In addition, legislation was passed that created the Job Corps, Operation Head Start, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), Medicaid, and Medicare. Although the Great Society program made significant...

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