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Early Intervention Is Effective.
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Lazar, Irving – Educational Leadership, 1981
An evaluation of 14 independent experiments in early intervention, conducted in the late 1950s and early 1960s, revealed program characteristics related to positive outcome: the early age at intervention; the higher adult-child ratio; and more home visits, direct participation of parents, and services for families. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, Intervention, Preschool Education
Effectiveness of Compensatory Education.
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Cooley, William W. – Educational Leadership, 1981
School districts should be allowed to dispense with labeling children as disadvantaged and to use the Title I support they receive in schools that have a high proportion of children from poor families. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Synthesis of Research on Compensatory and Remedial Education.
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Anderson, Lorin W.; Pellicer, Leonard O. – Educational Leadership, 1990
Current Chapter 1 remedial and compensatory education programs may not be worth the substantial funds being poured into them. To address shortcomings, such programs should be upgraded, reconceptualized as educational (not funding) programs, and fully integrated into the total school program. Includes 14 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
In Defense of Compensatory Education.
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Dallam, William M.; Deimel, Gilbert – Educational Leadership, 1981
Two rebuttals to William Cooley's criticisms of Title I programs in the January 1981 issue of "Educational Leadership" claim he incorrectly interpreted the data on the effectiveness of the programs. Cooley responds. (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Why Curriculum Matters in Early Childhood Education.
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Schweinhart, Lawrence J.; Weikart, David P. – Educational Leadership, 1998
Assesses effectiveness of three preschool curriculum models by examining the lives of 68 23-year-olds randomly assigned to one such group as economically disadvantaged preschoolers. Young people experienced fewer emotional problems and felony arrests if they had attended a preschool program based on child-initiated learning activities geared to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Economically Disadvantaged, Emotional Problems