| Description |
x, 278 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-271) and index. |
| Contents |
Promises and politics : Head Start sets the stage in the 1960s -- Creating a patchwork approach to child care in the 1970s -- Separate strands : early education and child care for poor children in the 1980s -- Opening doors to universal preschool in the 1990s -- Preschool for all : building a movement in the 2000s -- "Preschool for all" or preschool for the needy? Universal and targeted approaches in the states -- Mixed blessings : delivering preschool inside and outside the "education tent" -- Putting the promise of preschool into practice -- Conclusion: History lessons for preschool advocates. |
| Subject |
Education, Preschool -- United States.
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Head Start programs -- United States.
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Educational equalization -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9780195395075 cloth alkaline paper |
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0195395077 cloth alkaline paper |
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