Differential effectiveness of Head Start in urban and rural communities

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2016, Pages 29-42

  McCoy, Dana Charles ^a   Morris, Pamela A ^b   Connors, Maia C ^b   Gomez, Celia J ^a   Yoshikawa, Hirokazu ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Head Start; Impact variation; Language and literacy; Neighborhoods; Preschool; Urbanicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960172864     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2015.12.007     Document Type: Article

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