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A "noble bet" in early care and education : lessons from one community's experience : Lessons from One Community's Experience / Brian P. Gill, Jacob W. Dembosky and Jonathan P. Caulkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gill, Brian P., 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child care services--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County--Case studies.
- Child care services.
- Children with social disabilities.
- Education, Preschool--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County--Case studies.
- Education, Preschool.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (168 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : Rand, [2002]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Early Childhood Initiative (ECI), launched in Pittsburgh in 1996 to provide high-quality early care and education services to at-risk children, failed to achieve its goals. This report summarizes ECI's organizational history and analyses and explains its critical weaknesses.
- Contents:
- PREFACE; FIGURES; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; GLOSSARY; INTRODUCTION; A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD INITIATIVE; ECI'S THEORY OF ACTION; ECI SERVICES: DEMAND, SUPPLY, AND INCENTIVES; EXPLAINING ECI'S COSTS; SUSTAINABILITY AND THE STRATEGY TO SECURE STATE FUNDING; LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE, ALTERNATIVE MODELS, AND PUBLIC-POLICY IMPLICATIONS; ECI COST MODELS; REFERENCES
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780833033956
- 0833033956
- OCLC:
- 475935226
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