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Chance, Paul – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
By the time many poor children enter school, the best educators can do is prepare them for nonexistent unskilled jobs. Remedial programs cannot compensate for deficiencies in early intellectual development. A study involving 42 families showed that well-educated mothers spoke more to their 3-year-olds, did more explaining, asked more questions,…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Attainment, Elementary Education, Influences
Download full textDigneo, Ellen Hartnett, Ed.; Shaya, Tila, Ed. – 1968
The report, covering 1965-68, deals first with a program entitled Improved Preparation for Culturally-Deprived Rural Children, which was designed to improve reading skills of elementary school students. Background of the Western States Small Schools Project for New Mexico is described, as well as how Carrizozo Public Schools were selected for the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Comprehension, Consultation Programs, Diagnostic Teaching
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1970
Prepared for a White House Conference on Children (December 1970), this report describes the Corrective Reading Program of Wichita, supported in target areas by funds from ESEA Title I and considered an effective large-scale remedial program which operates in the public schools. Special classes are held in each school building in which the program…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Compensatory Education, Comprehension, Corrective Reading
