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This work offers information on the long-term effects of early intervention programmes on the education of children living in economically disadvantaged areas and in other contexts. Early intervention programmes such as Head Start enjoy popular and legislative support, but policymakers and practitioners have lacked hard data on the long-term consequences of such locally and federally mandated efforts. This work focuses on the Child-Parent Center (CPC) programme in Chicago, the second oldest federally funded early childhood intervention programme. Begun in 1967, the programme operates out of 24 centres, which are located in proximity to the elementary schools they serve. The CPC programme's features include mandatory parental involvement and a single, sustained educational system that spans preschool through the third grade. Central to this study is a 1986 cohort of nearly 1200 CPC children and a comparison group of low income children whose subsequent activities, challenges, and achievements are followed through the age of 15. The lives of these children amply demonstrate the positive long-term educational and social consequences of the CPC programme.

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Reynolds''s book stands out among the plethora of research devoted to analyzing the effectiveness of childhood development intervention programs in a number of ways. . . . Suffice it to say that the evidence provided suggests that early childhood intervention can have lasting effects on behavior if the intervention is experienced long enough and if the program is comprehensive--meaning that it provides numerous developmental services for both the children and their families. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above. -- Choice

Reynolds's book stands out among the plethora of research devoted to analyzing the effectiveness of childhood development intervention programs in a number of ways. . . . Suffice it to say that the evidence provided suggests that early childhood intervention can have lasting effects on behavior if the intervention is experienced long enough and if the program is comprehensive--meaning that it provides numerous developmental services for both the children and their families. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above. --Choice--Choice

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Arthur J. Reynolds is a professor of social work, educational psychology, and child and family studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,

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