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The promise of preschool : from Head Start to universal pre-kindergarten / Elizabeth Rose.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rose, Elizabeth.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Preschool--United States.
- Education, Preschool.
- Head Start programs--United States.
- Head Start programs.
- Educational equalization--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The past 45 years have seen the emergence of education for young children as a national issue, spurred by the initiation of the Head Start program in the 1960s, efforts to create a child care system in the 1970s, and the campaign to reform K-12 schooling in the 1980s. Today, the push to make preschool the beginning of public education for all children has gained support in many parts of the country and promises to put early education policy on the national agenda. Yet questions still remain about the best ways to shape policy that will fulfill the promise of preschool. In The Promise of Presch
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: How We Got Here; CHAPTER 1 Promises and Politics: Head Start Sets the Stage in the 1960s; CHAPTER 2 Creating a Patchwork Approach to Child Care in the 1970s; CHAPTER 3 Separate Strands: Early Education and Child Care for Poor Children in the 1980s; CHAPTER 4 Opening Doors to Universal Preschool in the 1990s; CHAPTER 5 Preschool for All: Building a Movement in the 2000s; PART II: Where We Are Going; CHAPTER 6 "Preschool for All" or Preschool for the Needy? Universal and Targeted Approaches in the States
- CHAPTER 7 Mixed Blessings: Delivering Preschool Inside and Outside the "Education Tent"CHAPTER 8 Putting the Promise of Preschool into Practice; Conclusion: History Lessons for Preschool Advocates; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-988955-4
- 0-19-992645-X
- 9786612500992
- 0-19-974237-5
- 1-282-50099-6
- OCLC:
- 604673783
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