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Title: Head Start May Offer Next-Generation Benefits, Researchers Say
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1. Hinton, Marva
Head Start May Offer Next-Generation Benefits, Researchers Say
Education Week, September 22, 2017.
Also: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2017/09/head_start_produces_intergenerational_benefits_study_finds.html
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Editorial Projects in Education Inc.
Keyword(s): Head Start; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Preschool Children

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A new study now awaiting publication says the benefits of Head Start extend well beyond the children enrolled in the federal early-childhood program. The researchers say they have found a connection between students' participation in Head Start and positive outcomes for their own children in the future. [Website article highlighting new research by Andrew Barr and Chloe R. Gibbs, "Breaking the Cycle? Intergenerational Effects of an Anti-Poverty Program in Early Childhood," August 2017"]
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Hinton, Marva. "Head Start May Offer Next-Generation Benefits, Researchers Say." Education Week, September 22, 2017.