David Deming Theory
The report that I am assessing is by David Deming entitled Early Childhood Intervention and Life-Cycle Skill Development: Evidence from Head Start. Dr. Deming’s report focuses on the long term effects of Head Start. Head Start is the program that I chose to evaluate for most of this course and as such I chose a report that focuses on Head Start as well.
Background
Head Start began in 1965 as a preschool program for low income children. The Head Start program also includes health, nutrition and social services to children and their families providing a more holistic approach to addressing the needs of the children in the program.