The rationale for Head Start as a vehicle for the upward mobility of minority families: a minority perspective.
This paper critiques four premises that guided the development of Head Start: the culture-of-poverty theory; the concept of transgenerational poverty; the assumption of education as a vehicle for upward mobility; and the assumption that the child could serve as a vehicle for the economic mobility of the family. Recommendations for program emphases are presented.
D000124:Achievement; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003256:Community Participation; D003469:Culture; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010290:Parents; D011203:Poverty; D011632:Public Assistance; D012937:Social Mobility; D012940:Social Problems; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States