Early Childhood Interventions. It is believed that early intervention in the lives of children, exemplified by sure Start in the UK and Head Start in the US, can make a lasting impact both on their educational performance and their 'outcomes' in later life. Early Childhood Intervention programs: What Do We Know? by Janet Currie reviews the evidence relating to Head Start, the Perry Preschool project, the Carolina Abecedarian project, the Early Training project and the Milwaukee project.

By Joint Center for Poverty Research, US

Education Policy Resource.