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Lipman, Elinor – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1981
Looks at how effective state and federal sex equity mandates (Chapter 622 and Title IX) have been in reducing bias and sex segregation in Massachusetts schools, particularly in the areas of physical education, athletics, home economics, and industrial arts. (Condensed from "The Massachusetts Teacher," April 1981, p6-12.) (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Athletics, Federal Legislation, Home Economics, Industrial Arts
Direct linkGormley, William T., Jr. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2005
Preschool is not a new idea, at least not for disadvantaged children. The Head Start program, which originated in 1965, sought to give poor preschool-aged children the skills they would need to succeed in school. Head Start currently reaches half of eligible 4-year-olds and a smaller number of younger children. What is new is the emergence of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Educational Change, Program Effectiveness
