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ERIC Number: EJ540855
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Maintaining a Focus on Child Development. An Interview with Dr. James P. Comer.
Goldberg, Mark F.
Phi Delta Kappan, v78 n7 p557-59 Mar 1997
Profiles James Comer's success at directing the Yale Child Study Center and implementing the School Development Project in predominantly black, low-income school districts. Today, a training program called the Comer Project for Change in Education is operating in more than 600 schools in 82 districts and 26 states. Comer's proudest achievement is his unwavering focus on child development as a first priority. (MLH)
Descriptors: Biographies, Blacks, Child Development, College Faculty, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Support, Racial Discrimination, Urban Schools, Young Children
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Comer School Development Program; Yale Child Study Center CT