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"Teacher, Teacher, Tell Us about the Brain!" Sharing Decision Making about Curriculum in Preschool
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Verwys, Susan K. – Young Children, 2007
In this article, the author presents a discussion regarding the sharing of decision making regarding curriculum in preschool. The preschool where she teaches is housed in a diverse, faith-based elementary school in the heart of Grand Rapids, Michigan, a midsize, midwestern city. It offers full-day, half-day, and two-and-a-half-hour preschool…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Participative Decision Making, Emergent Literacy, Child Development Centers
Head Start Teaches Lessons Board Members Should Learn.
Thompson, Margery – American School Board Journal, 1980
Looks at evaluations of the program to frame a discussion of the troubled history of Head Start and its current favored position. (IRT)
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Parent Participation, Preschool Education, Program Descriptions
Reaching Parents Through Involvement
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Schmerber, Ronald J. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1974
The parent involvement program evolved from the needs of parents. Basic to the program is the concept of parenting, which implies taking positive action to facilitate and meet the needs of the children ahe family. Parents participate in the development, implementation, and evaluation of their child's program. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Counseling Services, Individual Needs, Parent Participation
The Family Development Research Program: A Program for Prenatal, Infant and Early Childhood Enrichment. Progress Report.
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Lally, J. Ronald – 1973
This progress report on the Family Development Research Program for 108 low-income families, conducted at Syracuse University Children's Center, provides information on a longitudinal comparison instituted when the program children reached 36 months of age. The families of the children were matched to control families on a number of variables.…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Control Groups, Early Experience, Experimental Groups
The 1993 Parent Meetings for Planning the Saint Paul/Ramsey County Children's Initiative. Final Report.
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Sandell, Elizabeth J., Ed. – 1993
This report describes the initial plan, participants, and evaluation of Saint Paul (Minnesota) Children's Initiative (SPCI) during 1993. The SPCI is a family-community program to improve child health, child development, school performance, and to enhance family functioning through formal and informal support systems in Saint Paul/Ramsey county. At…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Child Health, Early Childhood Education, Educational Development
Achievement and Enrollment Evaluation of the Early Childhood Development Program, 1990-1991.
Brock, Sharon L. – 1991
The Kansas City, Missouri, School District's Early Childhood Development program consists of the Parents as Teachers (PAT) and Early Learning Centers (ELC) programs. Both PAT and the ELC programs have a screening component, with PAT screening children from 12 to 36 months of age and ELC screening 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children. The ELC…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, At Risk Persons, Child Development Centers
TITLE I, E.S.E.A., 1967-68. REVISED REPORT.
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SWEENEY, DAVID L. – 1967
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE WAYS IN WHICH THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, WILL USE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, TITLE I FUNDS. THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THREE "UNITIZED" SCHOOLS WITH RESTRUCTURED GRADE ORGANIZATIONS AND TEAM TEACHING INSTRUCTION, THE USE OF ART AND MUSIC SPECIALISTS IN…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Community Coordination, Coordinators, Disadvantaged Youth