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Direct linkCarr, Robert C.; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Burchinal, Margaret R. – Early Education and Development, 2023
This study utilized data from the Family Life Project (FLP) to examine Head Start children's school readiness skills at the end of preschool in comparison to two other care groups: home-based care and other center-based care. The FLP study enrolled a birth-cohort of 1,292 children born in two historically low-wealth, rural regions of the U.S.,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Low Income, Disadvantaged Youth, African American Children
Janise S. Parker; Natoya Haskins; Aiesha Lee; Amber Rodenbo; Elsbeth O'Brien – School Psychology Review, 2024
This phenomenological study used individual interviews with ten graduate students in school counseling and school psychology to understand their experiences in a University-Church service-learning partnership to support PreK-12th grade youth in response to COVID-19. Most graduate participants identified as White/Non-Hispanic, and all youth served…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, School Counseling, School Psychology, Service Learning
Harden, Brenda Jones; Sandstrom, Heather; Chazan-Cohen, Rachel – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2012
Persistent disparities exist between African American children and their European American counterparts across developmental domains. Early childhood intervention may serve to promote more positive outcomes among African American children. The current study examined whether and how the Early Head Start (EHS) program benefited African American…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, African American Children, Child Rearing
Temple, Judy A.; Reynolds, Arthur J.; Arteaga, Irma – Education and Urban Society, 2010
Studies have documented a strong relationship between low birth-weight status and adverse child outcomes such as poor school performance and need for special education services. Following a cohort of more than 1,300 low-income and predominately African American children in the Chicago Longitudinal Study, the authors investigate whether birth…
Descriptors: African American Children, Body Weight, Student Placement, Preschool Education
Download full textPuma, Michael; Bell, Stephen; Cook, Ronna; Heid, Camilla; Shapiro, Gary; Broene, Pam; Jenkins, Frank; Fletcher, Philip; Quinn, Liz; Friedman, Janet; Ciarico, Janet; Rohacek, Monica; Adams, Gina; Spier, Elizabeth – Administration for Children & Families, 2010
This report addresses the following four questions by reporting on the impacts of Head Start on children and families during the children's preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade years: (1) What difference does Head Start make to key outcomes of development and learning (and in particular, the multiple domains of school readiness) for low-income…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Low Income Groups, Kindergarten
Evans, Verlyn M. – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this applied dissertation was to examine the effects of a preschool emergent literacy program on young African American children from a low socioeconomic background. The preschool is located in an urban setting in North Carolina. All students participating in this study were identified as at-risk for school failure. The behavior and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Orthographic Symbols, Socioeconomic Influences, Phonemes
Puma, Michael; Bell, Stephen; Cook, Ronna; Heid, Camilla; Lopez, Michael – Administration for Children & Families, 2005
The Congressionally-mandated Head Start Impact Study is being conducted across 84 nationally representative grantee/delegate agencies. Approximately 5,000 newly entering 3- and 4-year-old children applying for Head Start were randomly assigned to either a Head Start group that had access to Head Start program services or to a non-Head Start group…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Parenting Styles, Data Collection
Puma, Michael; Bell, Stephen; Cook, Ronna; Heid, Camilla; Lopez, Michael – Administration for Children & Families, 2005
The Congressionally-mandated Head Start Impact Study is being conducted across 84 nationally representative grantee/delegate agencies. Approximately 5,000 newly entering 3- and 4-year-old children applying for Head Start were randomly assigned to either a Head Start group that had access to Head Start program services or to a non-Head Start group…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles
