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Direct linkMorris, Tom; Leavey, Gerard – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2006
There is a growing recognition of the importance of pre-literacy skills among pre-school children. Evidence that children from relatively deprived backgrounds face poorer outcomes in speech and language development and educational achievement has led to an assertive attempt to lessen social inequalities at the earliest opportunity. The UK…
Descriptors: Memory, Reading Skills, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedSimmons-Martin, Audrey – American Annals of the Deaf, 1983
The article highlights literature on parent-infant programing, with particular emphasis on the role of parents, a direct and positive relationship between the gains achieved by very young hearing impaired children, and the extent to which their parents were taught to participate in their early education. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Government Role, Hearing Impairments, Infants
Download full textSt. Pierre, Robert; And Others – 1995
Even Start is a national program of early childhood and adult education to improve family literacy. This document is a series of four appendices which accompany the National Evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program, a 4-year effort to assess projects, participants, and effects of Even Start. Appendix A provides in-depth description of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adults, Community Services
St. Pierre, Robert; And Others – 1995
The Even Start program was implemented to improve the educational opportunities of U.S. children and adults by integrating community early childhood education and adult education for parents into a unified family literacy initiative. This document is the final project report of the National Evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program, a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adults, Disadvantaged Environment
St. Pierre, Robert; And Others – 1995
The Even Start program was authorized by Congress in 1988 to provide early childhood, adult, and parenting education to participating families in a family literacy initiative. This document provides an executive summary of the National Evaluation of Even Start, which assessed services, participants and effectiveness. The summary highlights topics…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adults, Community Services
PDF pending restorationTao, Fumiyo; And Others – 1997
Even Start is a family-centered national literacy program whose goal is to break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by expanding the educational opportunities available to low-income families with limited educational experiences. To reach this goal, all Even Start projects provide services in each of three core areas: adult education, parenting…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adults, Disadvantaged Environment
