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Reroute the preschool juggernaut / Chester E. Finn, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finn, Chester E., Jr., 1944-
- Series:
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; 572.
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 572
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Preschool--Government policy--United States.
- Education, Preschool.
- Education, Preschool--United States--Public opinion.
- Education, Preschool--Economic aspects--United States.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- Education and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (179 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Education Next Books, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Chester E. Finn, Jr. outlines the issues that define, animate, and complicate today's contentious pre-kindergarten debate in American education. He examines such topics as: which children really need it; how many aren't getting it; who should provide it and at what expense; what is the right balance between education and child care; and how to know whether it is succeeding.
- Contents:
- Cover; Sources; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; The Rolling Juggernaut; The School-Readiness Challenge; Preschool or Child Care?; A Crowded Landscape; The Quality Conundrum; Murky Evidence; The Florida Story; The Oklahoma Story; The Problem of Head Start; Costs and Benefits; Rival Delivery Systems; A Better Route to Travel; Endnotes; About the Author; About the Hoover Institution; Index
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- "The Hoover Institution Task Force on K-12 Education."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780817949938
- 0817949933
- OCLC:
- 923122439
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