Race and Head Start Participation: Political and Social Determinants of Enrollment Success in the States.
In: Social Science Quarterly (University of Texas Press), Jg. 79 (1998-09-01), Heft 3, S. 595-606
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The article focuses on a study which evaluated the racial and interstate differences encountered in the enrollment of the educational program, Head Start in the United States. The purpose of this paper is to explore racial and interstate differences in Head Start enrollment, including the capability of socioeconomic, political, and racial factors to account for differences in state enrollment success. Head Start enrolls a much higher proportion of eligible African Americans than eligible whites, State differences, however, are enormous. For all children, rural states do better, African Americans do better in wealthier states and those with less minority diversity. For whites, minority diversity also is a powerful predictor of lower enrollment. The political variables do not help to account for Head Start enrollments. The minority diversity variable stands out as warranting attention in future research. For Head Start specifically, the appearance of favoritism for poor African Americans over poor whites would seem to increase Head Start's political vulnerability in several states.
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Race and Head Start Participation: Political and Social Determinants of Enrollment Success in the States.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | O'Connor, Robert E. |
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Zeitschrift: | Social Science Quarterly (University of Texas Press), Jg. 79 (1998-09-01), Heft 3, S. 595-606 |
Veröffentlichung: | 1998 |
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ISSN: | 0038-4941 (print) |
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