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Reflections on a decade of early education

Reflections on a decade of early education Journal of A bnormal Child Psychology, Vol. 3, No. 4, 19 7.5 Reflections on a Decade of Early Education I J. McVicker Hunt 2 University of Illinois We in these United States are now emerging from a decade of experimenting with early childhood education. This experimenting has provided children of parents with low incomes and little or no education at the age of four, and sometimes only three, with a summer, or a year, of preschooling. The purpose has been to give these children a head start in order to make up for what they had no opportunity to learn at home so that they might become able to perform more adequately in the elementary and secondary schools. This nationwide experimenting has included a number of federally sup- ported programs. The first was Project Head Start. It was launched in 1964, and it has been made available to a substantial portion of the children of poverty from a large share of the communities across the country. The second has been an extension up the age scale in what has been termed Program Follow-Through. This program has extended compensatory education continously through grade three. The third program is an extension http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology Springer Journals

Reflections on a decade of early education

Hunt, J.
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology , Volume 3 (4) – Dec 16, 2004
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Psychology; Child and School Psychology; Neurosciences; Public Health
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0091-0627
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10.1007/BF00917419
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Journal of A bnormal Child Psychology, Vol. 3, No. 4, 19 7.5 Reflections on a Decade of Early Education I J. McVicker Hunt 2 University of Illinois We in these United States are now emerging from a decade of experimenting with early childhood education. This experimenting has provided children of parents with low incomes and little or no education at the age of four, and sometimes only three, with a summer, or a year, of preschooling. The purpose has been to give these children a head start in order to make up for what they had no opportunity to learn at home so that they might become able to perform more adequately in the elementary and secondary schools. This nationwide experimenting has included a number of federally sup- ported programs. The first was Project Head Start. It was launched in 1964, and it has been made available to a substantial portion of the children of poverty from a large share of the communities across the country. The second has been an extension up the age scale in what has been termed Program Follow-Through. This program has extended compensatory education continously through grade three. The third program is an extension

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Published: Dec 16, 2004

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