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2-171 - Mechanisms to Improve the Effectiveness of Head Start
Fri, April 7, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Austin Convention Center, Meeting Room 13ASession Type: Paper Session
Integrative Statement
As the largest federal program providing early education services in the U.S., Head Start plays an essential role in supporting the development of low-income children. As such, it also has the potential to serve as a laboratory for testing new curricula, services, and theories regarding how best to promote economically-disadvantaged children's school readiness skills and stem early achievement gaps. This panel presents a series of studies seeking to enhance the quality of Head Start curricula and pinpoint the factors which support or inhibit the success of Head Start programs in promoting young children's academic and behavioral skill development.
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An integrated school readiness intervention: feasibility, fidelity, and implications for child outcomes - Presenting Author: MARIA MARTI CASTANER, Columbia University; Samantha A Melvin, Columbia University, Teachers College; Kimberly Noble, Columbia University; Helena Duch, Columbia University
The Development of Early Mathematical Knowledge Among Low-Income Dual Language Learners Across Two Years of Preschool - Presenting Author: Lydia DeFlorio, University of Nevada, Reno; Amber Beliakoff, University of Delaware; Alice Klein, WestEd; Prentice Starkey, WestEd
Absenteeism in Head Start and Children’s Academic Learning - Presenting Author: Arya Ansari, University of Virginia; Kelly Purtell, The Ohio State University
Attention Skills, Inhibitory Control, and Head Start Children’s Kindergarten Behaviors - Presenting Author: Christine Meng, Edgewood College