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Martoccio, Tiffany L.; Brophy-Herb, Holly E.; Onaga, Esther E. – Infants and Young Children, 2014
This study utilized data from the Michigan component of the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation study to examine toddlers' joint attention at 14 months (parent report measure of toddlers' initiating behaviors, e.g., extends arm to show you something he or she is holding, reaches out and gives you a toy he or she has been holding, and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Toddlers, School Readiness, Low Income Groups
Miller-Adams, Michelle – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2010
The Kalamazoo Promise, announced in 2005, is an innovative college-scholarship program available to every graduate of the Kalamazoo (Michigan) Public Schools. Programs such as the Kalamazoo Promise, which is being emulated in cities across the United States, open new avenues for the acquisition of human capital regardless of income level or…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Academic Achievement
Guthrie, James W.; And Others – 1971
Present educational finance policies can be construed to be in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment. Assisted by the National Urban Coalition, the authors of this book have compiled a great deal of information and analysis on school services in the State of Michigan--information which…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. State Library Services. – 1982
In accordance with the stated provisions of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), as amended, and related regulations, this basic state plan contains criteria for determining adequacy of public library services for persons residing in areas without services or with inadequate services, disadvantaged persons residing in areas with high…
Descriptors: Criteria, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Aid, Grants
Miller, Joe A.; Ferman, Louis A. – 1972
A sample of 1010 low-wage workers in Detroit (stratified by sex and welfare status) were interviewed in 1969. Data were collected on background characteristics, labor market experiences, and work career histories. The data relate to sexism as an important determinant of income in low-wage groups (women earn less and have lower status jobs),…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employed Women, Employment Level, Employment Potential
Radin, Norma; Glasser, Paul – 1965
The purpose of this study is to provide an insight into the socialization process of urban, culturally deprived children by focusing upon the attitudes of their mothers who were respondents not selected on the basis of their willingness to cooperate. As part of a preschool project for culturally deprived children in Ypsilanti, a community on the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Black Attitudes, Black Mothers, Disadvantaged