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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
This report discusses the services disadvantaged children need to prepare for school, the extent to which they receive these services from early childhood centers (defined as providing child development, parent, and health and nutrition services), and the reasons early childhood centers may not deliver all the services these children need. Chapter…
Descriptors: Child Development, Day Care Centers, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disadvantaged Youth
Landsverk, Ruth Anne – 1998
The goal of the Families in Education Program of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is to increase awareness of the need for schools to involve parents as partners in the education of their children. This Spring 1998 parents' and teachers' guide encourages school staff to reflect on how well their school or district offers…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Fathers
Zaslow, Martha; Calkins, Julia; Halle, Tamara; Zaff, Jonathan; Margie, Nancy Geyelin – 2000
Noting that many communities in the United States have set the ambitious goal of enhancing school readiness, this report is intended to help communities invest wisely in school readiness initiatives. Part 1 of the report summarizes recommendations from the National Education Goals Panel (NEGP) for defining and assessing school readiness. The core…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Behavior, Child Development, Child Health
Boals, Beverly G.; And Others – 1995
Project REAL was designed to address Goal 1 of the Educate America Act. Four major components were: (1) the identification of pregnant and/or parenting teens; (2) the enrollment of those identified into parental services, life skills and parenting classes; (3) weekly visits in the home to provide assistance with developmentally appropriate needs…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Early Parenthood, High School Students, High Schools