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Direct linkBentley, Laura A.; Eager, Rebecca; Savage, Sally; Nielson, Cathy; White, Sonia L. J.; Williams, Kate E. – Developmental Science, 2023
The benefits of active music participation and training for cognitive development have been evidenced in multiple studies, with this link leveraged in music therapy approaches with clinical populations. Although music, rhythm, and movement activities are widely integrated into children's play and early education, few studies have systematically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Intervention
Browne, Daniel; Syed, Sarosh; Mendels, Pamela – Wallace Foundation, 2013
These "Stories From the Field" describe five Wallace-funded programs working to expand learning and enrichment for disadvantaged children, so they can benefit from the types of opportunities their wealthier counterparts have access to, from homework help to swimming classes. The report details each program's approach, successes and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Opportunities, Educational Improvement, Homework
Download full textGamse, Beth C.; Conger, Dylan; Elson, Dean; McCarthy, Maria – 1997
The federal Even Start program was implemented to improve the educational opportunities of low-income children and adults by integrating early childhood education, adult education, and parent education into a unified family literacy initiative. This study was designed to assess the impact of Even Start on children's early school performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Quay, Lorene C. – 1993
This research review focuses on the effects of early intervention on the preschool children of low-income families, examining studies of intervention programs begun in the 1960s through the present. It then relates this analysis to the new Georgia Prekindergarten Program. The interventions reviewed are grouped into four hierarchical categories…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Disadvantaged Environment, Environmental Influences, Family Programs
Riedinger, Susan Allin – 1997
The federal Even Start program was implemented to improve the educational opportunities of low-income children and adults by integrating early childhood education, adult education, and parent education into a unified family literacy initiative. Because children's first formal educational experiences may significantly influence the course of their…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Family Literacy
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Planning, Evaluation, and Research Div. – 1984
California's demonstration programs in reading and mathematics are the State's only educational programs whose funds are used exclusively to serve low-achieving students from disadvantaged areas at the junior high-middle school level. The purpose of the programs is threefold: to establish exemplary programs in reading and mathematics instruction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Diffusion (Communication)
Brainin, Sema – 1976
The fundamental features of a bilingual after-school program designed to raise the level of and improve the attitudes toward school achievement on the part of a group of elementary school youngsters is presented in this document. The description traces the evolution of design and practice in the programs' structure methodology, in its training and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Case Studies, Compensatory Education
