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Title: Head Start and School-to-Work Program Participation
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1. Caputo, Richard K.
Head Start and School-to-Work Program Participation
Journal of Poverty 8,2 (2004): 25-42.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J134v08n02_02
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Head Start; High School Curriculum; Program Participation/Evaluation; Transition, School to Work

Using logistic regression analysis, this study of 4,540 high school students in the U. S. shows that Head Starters have a greater likelihood of participating in School-to-Work programs when controlling for curriculum type, school auspices, sex, race/ethnicity, and academic class level. Head Start participation makes no difference in regard to type of training among STW program participants. Evidence is mixed in regard to whether or not STW programs might constitute a de facto tracking system for Head Start graduates. Tracking appears to occur, but with positive and negative consequences. On one hand, findings suggest that Head Starters who participate in STW programs are more likely to remain in high school longer than non-STW participants. On the other hand, due to lower participation rates by white males, STW fails to achieve the sexual and racial/ethnic diversity requisite to ensure greater levels of academic rigor than might be the case otherwise. The author concludes that government educational programs designed for all socioeconomic groups can benefit those from economically disadvantaged families.
Bibliography Citation
Caputo, Richard K. "Head Start and School-to-Work Program Participation." Journal of Poverty 8,2 (2004): 25-42.