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First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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• List of Tables
• Abbreviations
• Preface
• Part A Moving Ahead with Head Start Project Head Start: A Paradox
• Introduction
• Contrasting Images of Head Start
• Building on Head Start Strengths
• More Than Preschool Education: Head Start Offers Something for Everyone
• It's Not a Chameleon
• Celebrating Head Start
• Head Start: A Forerunner of Today's Vision for Children
• A Head Start Primer-History
• Administration
• Current Status of Project Head Start-Number of Programs
• Budgets
• Overall Enrollments
• Ages of Children Served
• Economic Status of the Children Served
• Racial Composition
• Multicultural Services
• Children with Disabilities
• Summary
• Part B Models and Strategies for the Twenty-First Century
• Overview of Models and Strategies for the Twenty-First Century
• Introduction
• Program Options
• Head Start Improvements and Innovations
• An Array of Models and Strategies
• Head Start as a Leader
• Working with Parents
• The Legacy of Head Start-Challenges to Family Involvement
• Parent Involvement Performance Standards
• The History of Parent Involvement in Head Start
• Head Start: Career Development or Child Development?
• Current Issues in Parent Involvement
• Substance Abuse: Meeting Changing Social Conditions
• The Roots of Drug Abuse
• Positive Childrearing Styles
• A Model Drug-Abuse Prevention Program
• Working with Prenatally Substance Exposed Infants
• A Curriculum Designed for the Head Start Community
• The Challenge of Involving Men-Fathers' Roles in Child Nurturance
• Need to Focus on Supporting Male Employability
• Father Participation in Decision Making Toward Increased Male Involvement
• Model Programs
• Recommendation

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CHOICE Review

As the successful survivor of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, Head Start has been the subject of much analysis. This new book is a crisp and efficient history of the program as well as a thoughtful examination of the essential issues which must be confronted as the program moves forward into the 21st century. Complex questions about serving poor children and their families are addressed directly and simply. How can the program involve more fathers? How do teachers work with substance abusing parents and the children born to these parents? How is the quality of the program assessed? What is the current capacity for expansion? How does political success threaten educational effectiveness? The complexities within early childhood education are well presented. Head Start offers an example of the problems as well as the achievements of social intervention. Well-written, with a clear outline, the book not only provides useful and timely information but focuses on the appropriate issues. An excellent annotated bibliography supplements the text. All levels. S. Sugarman; Bennington College