Reshaping Early Childhood Intervention to Be a More Effective Weapon against Poverty.

Zigler, Edward

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ERIC Number: EJ478163

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Publication Date: 1994

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Reshaping Early Childhood Intervention to Be a More Effective Weapon against Poverty.

Zigler, Edward

NAMTA Journal, v19 n1 p107-19 Win 1994

Discusses successes and problems of Head Start. Suggests that Head Start's difficulties relate to its implementation, not its design. Proposes increasing the effectiveness of Head Start through a series of reform strategies that relate to interventions that address the needs of children in child care, preschool children, and school-age children. (BB)

Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Educational Change, Family Programs, Federal Aid, Full Day Half Day Schedules, Poverty Programs, Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Program Proposals, Transitional Programs

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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