Critical perspectives on Project Head Start : revisioning the hope and challenge / edited by Jeanne Ellsworth and Lynda J. Ames.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A lost legacy : Head Start's origins in community action / Kathryn R. Kuntz -- The origins of Head Start and the two versions of parent involvement : how much parent participation in early childhood programs and services for poorer children? / Polly Greenberg -- Beyond busywork : crafting a powerful role for low-income mothers in schools or sustaining inequalities? / Linda Spatig [and others] -- Parent involvement in a rural Head Start and the reproduction of class / Roslyn Arlin Mickelson and Mary Trotter Klenz -- Head Start bilingual and multicultural program services / Patricia A. Hamilton, Katherine Hayes, and Henry M. Doan -- High/Scope in Head Start programs serving Southeast Asian immigrant and refugee children and their families : lessons from an ethnographic study / Eden Inoway-Ronnie -- Family literacy informing Head Start : lessons from Hmong and Latino families / Elizabeth P. Quintero -- Reform and empowerment : rural mothers and Head Start / Lynda J. Ames and Jeanne Ellsworth -- More than a job : reflections of a former Head Start staff member / Susan W. Geddes -- Personal growth in Head Start / Wendy L. Kirby -- Developmentalism meets standardized testing : do low-income children lose? / Linda spatig [and others] -- A bumpy transition from Head Start to public school : issues of philosophical and managerial continuity within the administrative structure of one school system / Stacey Neuharth-Prichett and Panayota Y. Mantzicopoulos -- Inspiring delusion : reflections on Head Start's enduring popularity / Jeanne Ellsworth -- Concluding thoughts : hope and challenge : Head Start past, present, future / Jeanne Elsworth and Lynda J. Ames.

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