A vision for universal preschool education / Edward Zigler, Walter S. Gilliam, Stephanie M. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zigler, Edward, 1930- author.

Gilliam, Walter S., author.

Jones, Stephanie M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Preschool--United States.

Education, Preschool.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Decades of research point to the need for a universal preschool education program in the U.S. to help give our nation's children a sound cognitive and social foundation on which to build future educational and life successes. In addition to enhanced school readiness and improved academic performance, participation in high quality preschool programs has been linked with reductions in grade retentions and school drop out rates, and cost savings associated with a diminished need for remedial educational services and justice services. This 2006 book brings together nationally renowned experts from the fields of psychology, education, economics and political science to present a compelling case for expanded access to preschool services. They describe the social, educational, and economic benefits for the nation as a whole that may result from the implementation of a universal preschool program in America, and provide guiding principles upon which such a system can best be founded.

Contents:

The universal preschool movement

School readiness : defining the goal for universal preschool

Economic returns of investments in preschool education / Arthur J. Reynolds and Judy A. Temple

The need for universal prekindergarten for children in poverty / with Marguerite Malakoff

The need for universal preschool access for children not living in poverty / with Marguerite Malakoff

Program quality, intensity, and duration in preschool education

A whole child approach : the importance of social and emotional development

Parent involvement in preschool / Christopher C. Henrich and Ramona Blackman-Jones

Professional development issues in universal prekindergarten / Kelly L. Maxwell and Richard M. Clifford

What the school of the 21st century can teach us about universal preschool / with Matia Finn-Stevenson

A place for head start in a world of universal preschool / with Sally J. Styfco

A model universal prekindergarten program

Summary and recommendations.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-16469-9

1-280-54148-2

1-139-16728-6

0-511-22563-6

0-511-22432-X

0-511-22620-9

0-511-31798-0

0-511-22499-0

OCLC:

171139437