This report presents findings from the Massachusetts Family Child Care study, a two-year evaluation of the impacts of an early childhood education program on providers and children in family child care. The program--"LearningGames"--is designed to train caregivers to stimulate children's cognitive, language, and social-emotional…

In 2001, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched a 10-year, multi-million dollar initiative, the Washington State Achievers Program (WSA), to increase opportunities for low-income students to attend postsecondary institutions in Washington State. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation granted funds to the College Success Foundation…

There has been much policy interest on the theme of children's services in recent years. For example, the 1998 National Child Strategy explicitly aims to ensure good quality, affordable childcare for children aged 0 to 14 in every neighbourhood, including both formal childcare and support for informal arrangements. The sector has a changed a lot…

The inclusion of young children with disabilities has remained a function of the Head Start program since its inception in the 1960s when the United States Congress mandated that children with disabilities comprise 10% of the Head Start enrollment (Zigler & Styfco, 2000). Standardized, norm-referenced tests used to identify children with…

On all dimensions assessed, students enrolled in the alternative school program demonstrated a significantly better attitude toward school and significantly fewer behavioral problems within the school environment. (Author/AM)

Fifth article in a series reviews materials for use with disadvantaged junior high school students. (RB)

Using a sample of 115 second-and third-grade teachers with five or more consecutive years of experience it was shown that teachers do affect student learning to a degree that is practically and statistically significant. Teacher effects were especially robust in the data from Title I schools serving disadvantaged populations. (Author/RC)

This study was designed to assess the effects of socioeconomic status on the results obtained from the Ohio Vocational Interest Survey (OVIS). It was concluded that established norms were of little value in interpreting OVIS results to inner-city disadvantaged students, especially males. (Author)

An in-service workship at Roosevelt University, Chicago was designed to assist teachers in working with disadvantaged students and sensitizing them to cope with the world of work. (EA)

Second of a seven-part series recounting disatisfaction with traditional means of teaching literature to the disadvantaged. Also identifies three approaches which aim at reform. (RB)