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ERIC Number: EJ592513
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-6744
Do Federal Compensatory Education Programs Really Work? A Brief Historical Analysis of Title I and Head Start.
Vinovskis, Maris A.
American Journal of Education, v107 n3 p187-209 May 1999
Analyzes the expanding federal role in K-12 education after the mid-1960s. Provides a brief historical overview of Title I and Head Start and discusses some of the major evaluations of these programs. Contains 111 references. (SLD)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I; Project Head Start
Note: Version of this paper appeared in "Giving Better, Giving Smarter: Working Papers of the National Commission on Philanthropy and Civic Renewal" by John W. Barry and Bruno V. Mano, Washington, DC: National Commission on Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, 1997. Portions presented in testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce (July 31, 1997) and the U.S. Senate Budget Committee Task Force (November 6, 1997).