PROJECT HEAD START (HS), FEDERALLY-SUPPORTED AND OPERATING UNDER FEDERAL REGULATIONS WHICH PERMITTED NO MORE THAN 10 PERCENT OF ENROLLED CHILDREN TO BE FROM FAMILIES WITH INCOMES ABOVE THE PRESCRIBED POVERTY LEVEL, WAS CONDUCTED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1966 IN ALL 55 WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES. IN 7 OF THESE COUNTIES, SUPPLEMENTARY STATE FUNDS WERE…

This report describes an evaluation program for the kindergartens in Williamsburg County, S.C. for 1970-71. Twenty-five kindergartens, serving 587 children in ten elementary schools in the county, were operated on a full day schedule during the 1970-71 school year. Eighty-one percent of the children enrolled were from poor families. The evaluation…

The purpose of this study was to assess the importance of teacher attitudes, maternal attitudes, and traditional versus Montessori nursery school training on the learning and achievement of the preschool child. Eighty-two middle class children and thirty-eight disadvantaged children who attended either Montessori or traditional preschools…

A research project was conducted to study the effects of an 8-week prekindergarten enrichment program and of two 15-month preschool enrichment programs. Pretest and posttest scores of experimental and control kindergarten children (a sample of 100 out of 1,000 subjects) showed that both groups made significant gains in all ability categories o f…

Program objectives were to develop children's abilities to deal with everyday and school related problems, and to make them more inner-directed by (1) developing a positive self-image, (2) increasing sensory and perceptual acuity, (3) improving language skills, and (4) improving problem-solving and concept formation abilities. Forty-five…

This progress report of the Head Start program in three sample communities in Kansas--Kansas City, Topeka, and Lawrence--contains 1968-1969 data. There are 11 classes in the sample, with 137 eligible children (68 females and 69 males; 81 Negroes; 15 Mexican American, 40 Caucasian, and 1 Other); 46 of the children were under 48 months; 48 were 49…

The purposes of this study were (1) to identify the social-emotional and information-achievement characteristics of 133 children enrolled in Head Start and (2) to explore the interrelationships found to exist between social-emotional behavior, as assessed by the teacher at the outset of the program, and the gains exhibited over the year in…

This paper reports on the findings of an evaluation of Project Giant Step, a program funded by New York City to provide comprehensive services to all 4-year-olds in the city, beginning with low-income children who are unserved by existing programs. Both the costs and effects of Project Giant Step are examined. Effects of the program on children…

To improve the education of culturally disadvantaged children, this project focused on children's specific behavioral deficits, teacher preparation, parent attitudes, health and service agencies, and local school districts. The project was carried out in a rural Appalachian school with 122 children, 30 percent Negro and 70 percent white, and in an…