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ERIC Number: EJ556869
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
A Safe and Caring Place.
Pool, Carolyn R.
Educational Leadership, v55 n4 p73-77 Dec-Jan 1997-1998
Alexandria (Virginia) Community Network Preschools is a private, nonprofit preschool system that serves over 125 low-income children and their families. Network Preschools follow the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation's principles for a superior early-childhood curriculum. The four schools use developmentally appropriate practices, enable parent/community involvement, provide for clients' health and nutrition needs, and provide easy referrals to social services. (MLH)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Low Income Groups, Parent Education, Parent Participation, Poverty, Preschool Education, Private Schools, Program Descriptions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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