Early Start : Preschool Politics in the United States /

Early Start : Preschool Politics in the United States /

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This book presents a political history of the debate over preschool education policy in the United States. In the United States, preschool education is characterized by the dominance of a variegated private sector and patchy, uncoordinated oversight of the public sector. Tracing the history of the A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karch, Andrew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Education and state.
Early childhood education.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
EDUCATION > Preschool & Kindergarten.
Éducation de la premiere enfance > États-Unis.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Education.
Education, Special Topics.
Social Sciences.
Early childhood education > United States.
Education and state > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the preschool puzzle
  • Early childhood policy and the American welfare state
  • Historical precedents and forces for change
  • A watershed episode : the comprehensive child development act
  • Venue shopping, federalism, and the role of the states
  • Congressional activity and the dissolving early childhood coalition
  • Policy stability and political change in the 1980s
  • The congressional heritage of a critical juncture
  • The contemporary preschool movement in the states
  • Conclusion : the future of preschool politics.

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