Early care and education for children in poverty : promises, programs, and long-term results /

"Barnett and Boocock present a multi-disciplinary assessment of the long-term outcomes of early care and education in the United States and abroad. Innovative new research, together with up-to-date, comprehensive reviews, provide lessons for the design of early childhood programs, policies, and...

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Other Authors: Barnett, W. Steven (Editor), Boocock, Sarane Spence (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998
Series:SUNY series, youth social services, schooling, and public policy
Subjects:
USA
Table of Contents:
  • Long-term effects on cognitive development and school success / W.S. Barnett
  • Long-term outcomes in other nations / S.S. Boocock & M. Larner
  • Preschool program quality in programs for children in poverty / E.C. Frede
  • Regenerating two-generation programs / R.G. St. Pierre, J.I. Layzer, and H.V. Barnes
  • Effects of welfare reform on teenage parents and their children / J.L. Aber, J. Brooks-Gunn, and R. Maynard
  • Early-childhood programs and success in school : the Abecedarian study / F.A. Campbell [and others]
  • How preschool education influences long-term cognitive development and school success : a casual model / W.S. Barnett, J.W. Young, and L.J. Schweinhart
  • Economic and social disadvantages of young children : alternative policy responses / D.J. Hernandez
  • Equity-efficiency tradeoffs and government policy in the United States, the Netherlands, and Sweden / S.S. Gustafsson and F.P. Stafford
  • Culture clash : translating research findings into public policy / A. Zervigon-Hakes
  • Long-term effects on cognitive development and school success / W.S. Barnett
  • Long-term outcomes in other nations / S.S. Boocock & M. Larner
  • Preschool program quality in programs for children in poverty / E.C. Frede
  • Regenerating two-generation programs / R.G. St. Pierre, J.I. Layzer, and H.V. Barnes
  • Effects of welfare reform on teenage parents and their children / J.L. Aber, J. Brooks-Gunn, and R. Maynard
  • Early-childhood programs and success in school : the Abecedarian study / F.A. Campbell [and others]
  • How preschool education influences long-term cognitive development and school success : a casual model / W.S. Barnett, J.W. Young, and L.J. Schweinhart
  • Economic and social disadvantages of young children : alternative policy responses / D.J. Hernandez
  • Equity-efficiency tradeoffs and government policy in the United States, the Netherlands, and Sweden / S.S. Gustafsson and F.P. Stafford
  • Culture clash : translating research findings into public policy / A. Zervigon-Hakes