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Schweinhart, Lawrence J. – 1993
The High/Scope Perry Preschool study through age 27 found that high-quality, active learning preschool programs for impoverished African American children cut their crime rate in half, significantly affected their educational performance and level of schooling, increased their earnings and commitment to marriage, and returned $7.16 for every…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Development Centers, Educational Philosophy, Females