Edward Zigler
Edward Zigler · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Developmental psychologist and a founder of the Head Start program
1930, Kansas City, Missouri, United States — 2019, North Haven, Connecticut, United States
United States
Edward Zigler is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Developmental psychologist and a founder of the Head Start program
Zigler was a developmental psychologist at Yale often called the 'father of Head Start', the federal early-childhood program he helped design in the 1960s to support low-income children. Born to Polish Jewish immigrant parents, he shaped decades of U.S. child and family policy. Head Start has served tens of millions of American children.
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Developmental psychologist and a founder of the Head Start program
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology
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