Compensatory education

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are typically __ behind their more privileged peers by age 3.

1 year

What was the purpose of Operation Headstart in the 1960s America?

To provide preschool education in impoverished areas and address childhood development issues.

Operation Headstart involved planned enrichment. Name one component of this initiative.

Level up parenting skills, set up nursery classes, introduce home visits by child psychologists, or use Sesame Street.

What was one of Surestart's main aims?

To promote physical, intellectual, and social development for babies and young children.

By 2010, the Surestart scheme aimed to provide __ local centres.

3500

Surestart provided integrated education along with __ services.

Care, family support, health services, and parental employment support.

The Operation Headstart initiative was designed to help children develop skills and __.

Motivation.

Surestart, a New Labour scheme, aimed to improve children's ability to __.

Work.