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A Program Started in 1962 at the High/Scope Perry Preschool

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A program started in 1962 at the High/Scope Perry preschool in Ypsilanti,Michigan,focused on a group of 3- and 4-year-old low-income African American children who had been evaluated as being at risk for school failure.What was the focus of this program?


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