Family Empowerment: One Outcome of Parental Participation in Cooperative Preschool Education

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Positive effects of preschool education on children have been well documented (Berrueta-Clement et al., 1984; Consortium for Longitudinal Studies, 1983, Deutsch, Jordan, & Deutsch, 1985; Lazar & Darlington, 1982). This study considers positive benefits for caregivers who participate in cooperative preschool education. Since not all caregivers are parents, the study includes grandparents who have custod...