ABSTRACT
The Treaders are a working-poor African American family living in innercity Albany. June and Lester Treader have been married for 13 years. They have four children. Vicky was the oldest and was 11 years old at the start of the study. Luanne, was 7 years old. Both Luanne and Vicky attended an elementary school walking distance from their apartment. Shauna, the youngest daughter, was 3 years old. June enrolled her in a federally funded preschool program during the second year of the study. Evan, the youngest of the Treaders, was born in August of 1998.
