The birth of Head Start : preschool education policies in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations /
One of the most popular and enduring legacies of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs, Project Head Start continues to support young children of low-income families-close to one million annually-by providing a range of developmental and educational services. Yet as Head Start re...
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University of Chicago Press,
2005
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Table of Contents:
- Changing views of poverty and early child development
- Education, poverty, and early schooling in the Kennedy administration
- Education policy, the war on poverty, and the 1964 election
- Organizing OEO and passing ESEA
- Implementing, evaluating, and improving Head Start programs
- Congressional and administration debates about transferring Head Start.
