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The sandbox investment : the preschool movement and kids-first politics / David L. Kirp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kirp, David L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Preschool--Political aspects--United States.
- Education, Preschool.
- Education, Preschool--United States--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Kirp provides a guide to this quiet movement. He crouches in classrooms where committed teachers engage lively four-year-olds, and reveals the findings of an extraordinary longitudinal study that shows the life-changing impact of preschool.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction: Before School
- 1. Small Miracles
- 2. Life Way After Preschool
- 3. The Futures Market
- 4. The Imprimatur of Science
- 5.Who Cares for the Children?
- 6. Jump-Starting a Movement
- 7. The Politics of the Un-Dramatic
- 8. English Lessons
- 9. Kids-First Politics
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-316) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674039643
- 0674039645
- OCLC:
- 436084226
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