Does adding parent education and workforce training to Head Start promote or interfere with children's development?
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| Title: | Does adding parent education and workforce training to Head Start promote or interfere with children's development? |
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| Authors: | Sabol, Terri J. (AUTHOR), Chor, Elise (AUTHOR), Sommer, Teresa Eckrich (AUTHOR), Tighe, Lauren A. (AUTHOR), Chase‐Lansdale, P. Lindsay (AUTHOR), Morris, Amanda Sheffield (AUTHOR), Brooks‐Gunn, Jeanne (AUTHOR), Yoshikawa, Hirokazu (AUTHOR), King, Christopher (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Child Development. Nov2024, Vol. 95 Issue 6, p2102-2118. 17p. |
| Subjects: | Child development, Head Start programs, Education of parents, Educational outcomes |
| Abstract: | This study explores the effects of the two‐generation program CareerAdvance—which combines education and training for parents in healthcare with Head Start for children—on children's academic, language, mathematics, and inhibitory control followed for 3 years. The sample (collected in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 2011 to 2018) includes 147 children in the CareerAdvance group and 139 children in a matched comparison group (n = 286; 40% Black, 17%, White, 10% Hispanic, 33% Mixed Race, or Other Race; M = 3.6 years old; 47% female). Overall, the effect of CareerAdvance on child outcomes is neither greater nor less than Head Start alone. These findings suggest that children's developmental outcomes do not worsen or improve in the short term when their parents return to school. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | This study explores the effects of the two‐generation program CareerAdvance—which combines education and training for parents in healthcare with Head Start for children—on children's academic, language, mathematics, and inhibitory control followed for 3 years. The sample (collected in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 2011 to 2018) includes 147 children in the CareerAdvance group and 139 children in a matched comparison group (n = 286; 40% Black, 17%, White, 10% Hispanic, 33% Mixed Race, or Other Race; M = 3.6 years old; 47% female). Overall, the effect of CareerAdvance on child outcomes is neither greater nor less than Head Start alone. These findings suggest that children's developmental outcomes do not worsen or improve in the short term when their parents return to school. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00093920 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.14141 |
