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Reshaping universal preschool : critical perspectives on power and policy / Lucinda Grace Heimer, Elizabeth Ann Ramminger ; with contributions by Katherine K. Delaney, Sarah Galanter-Guziewski, Lacey Peters, and Kristin Whyte ; foreword by Elizabeth Graue.
Van Pelt Library LB1140.23 .H435 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heimer, Lucinda Grace, author.
- Ramminger, Elizabeth Ann, author.
- Series:
- Early Childhood Education Series.
- Early Childhood Education Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Preschool--United States.
- Education, Preschool.
- Education, Preschool--Government policy.
- United States.
- Education, Preschool--Government policy--United States.
- Education and state--United States.
- Education and state.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 138 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Given the diverse auspices and leadership in early education in the U.S.,United States, Universal Preschool will only happen through collaboration. The issue of Universal Preschool is not new. Others have conducted research, shared success stories, and ideas for moving forward.This book plans a different approach to the Universal Preschool dilemma by using dynamic and specific lenses to sift through the layers of power and policy that are the foundation of any effort"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Early Education in the United States: Is It Fair Game?
- Educational Equity in the United States
- A Quick History
- Public Education
- Why Should Early Education Be Treated Differently?
- The Current U.S. Early Education System
- A Patchwork
- Early Childhood Equity in Other Countries
- Have Societal Attitudes Changed in the United States?
- Funding Dilemmas
- The Early Childhood Profession
- Summary
- 2. Universal Preschool: Panacea or Perpetuated Patchwork
- Defining Universal Preschool
- Key Components of Early Childhood Programs
- Universal Preschool Efforts Require Collaboration
- What Does Collaboration Have to Do with Policy?
- Pandora's Box of Power/Knowledge Relationships
- Collaboration as Discourse
- A Collaborative Approach
- Collaborative Leadership
- The Early Childhood Collaborative (ECC): Past Stories of UPK
- 3. Encouraging All Voices in the Universal Preschool Conversation
- Collaborative Policy
- Past Story: ECC-Voices at the Table
- Voices in Current Universal Preschool Efforts
- Present Story: I Don't Know Why They Don't Come / Kristin Whyte
- 4. Equitable Access to Universal Preschool: Enrollment Issues
- Policy Is Multifaceted
- Past Story: ECC-Come One, Come All
- Enrollment Decisions
- Present Story: Enrollment Silos and Conundrums / Sarah Galanter-Guzieviski
- 5. Leading the Curriculum Process
- Curriculum in Early Education
- Past Story: ECC-Who's the Boss?
- Present Story: Who Gets to Say We Can Play in 4K? / Katherine K. Delaney
- 6. A Long and Winding Road
- Next Steps on the Universal Preschool Journey
- Present story: NYC Pre-K for All
- Conflicting Interests and Beliefs Around Curriculum and Assessment / Lacey Peters
- Summary: Keeping Wonder at the Heart of Wisdom.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Frances Baylinson Rosenbluth Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780807761267
- 0807761265
- 9780807761274
- 0807761273
- OCLC:
- 1119641257
- Publisher Number:
- 99986459045
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