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Author:   Elizabeth Rose (Library Director, Library Director, Fairfield Museum and History Center)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 16.00cm
Weight:   0.542kg
ISBN:  

9780195395075

ISBN 10:   0195395077
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   20 May 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Part One: How We Got Here 1. Promises and Politics: Head Start Sets the Stage in the 1960s 2. Creating a Patchwork Approach to Child Care in the 1970s 3. Separate Strands: Early Education and Child Care for Poor Children in the 1980s 4. Opening Doors to Universal Preschool in the 1990s 5. Preschool for All: Building a Movement in the 2000s Part Two: Where We Are Going 6. ""Preschool for All"" or Preschool for the Needy? Universal and Targeted Approaches in the States 7. Mixed Blessings: Delivering Preschool Inside and Outside the ""Education Tent"" 8. Putting the Promise of Pre-K into Practice Conclusion: History Lessons for Preschool Advocates Appendix A Appendix B Index"

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<br> a detailed, engrossing book --Next American City<br> No complete understanding of the major development of how our nation has firmly embraced the value of preschool education is possible without a close reading of this impressively researched historical overview. It is the most complete history of the preschool education movement written to date. Plus, the author even-handedly discusses the remaining issues that must be resolved before the full potential of preschool can be realized. --Edward Zigler, Sterling Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Yale University, and founder of Head Start<br> It is rare to find in one volume acute historical analysis and good sense about current questions of public policy. The Promise of Preschool offers both, told in the form of a lively narrative. It's a book that should be read not only by scholars and advocates, but also by all who care about children and the futures they will create for all of us. --Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Levy Institute Resea

a detailed, engrossing book --Next American City No complete understanding of the major development of how our nation has firmly embraced the value of preschool education is possible without a close reading of this impressively researched historical overview. It is the most complete history of the preschool education movement written to date. Plus, the author even-handedly discusses the remaining issues that must be resolved before the full potential of preschool can be realized. --Edward Zigler, Sterling Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Yale University, and founder of Head Start It is rare to find in one volume acute historical analysis and good sense about current questions of public policy. The Promise of Preschool offers both, told in the form of a lively narrative. It's a book that should be read not only by scholars and advocates, but also by all who care about children and the futures they will create for all of us. --Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Levy Institute Research Professor, Bard College Beautifully and accessibly written, The Promise of Preschool is a spectacular piece of scholarship. A highly original analysis, the book is a goldmine for anyone who wants to understand one of the most important issues in America today. Rose carefully examines the strengths and weaknesses of each side of the debate and provides a much needed voice of mediation in the battle over how to move forward in the rapidly growing world of preschool education. Anyone interested in the future of education should read this book. Our children and our country can't wait. --Barbara Beatty, Professor of Education, Wellesley College, and author of Preschool Education in America The Promise of Preschool deftly employs stories about people, places, and reform movements to account for America's patchwork approach to preschool, and does so with an eye to broader theoretical questions about how history constrains and enables social change. --Jeff Henig, Professor of Political Science and Education, Columbia University, and author of Spin Cycle

a detailed, engrossing book --Next American City No complete understanding of the major development of how our nation has firmly embraced the value of preschool education is possible without a close reading of this impressively researched historical overview. It is the most complete history of the preschool education movement written to date. Plus, the author even-handedly discusses the remaining issues that must be resolved before the full potential of preschool can be realized. --Edward Zigler, Sterling Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Yale University, and founder of Head Start It is rare to find in one volume acute historical analysis and good sense about current questions of public policy. The Promise of Preschool offers both, told in the form of a lively narrative. It's a book that should be read not only by scholars and advocates, but also by all who care about children and the futures they will create for all of us. --Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Levy Institute Research Professor, Bard College Beautifully and accessibly written, The Promise of Preschool is a spectacular piece of scholarship. A highly original analysis, the book is a goldmine for anyone who wants to understand one of the most important issues in America today. Rose carefully examines the strengths and weaknesses of each side of the debate and provides a much needed voice of mediation in the battle over how to move forward in the rapidly growing world of preschool education. Anyone interested in the future of education should read this book. Our children and our country can't wait. --Barbara Beatty, Professor of Education, Wellesley College, and author of Preschool Education in America The Promise of Preschool deftly employs stories about people, places, and reform movements to account for America's patchwork approach to preschool, and does so with an eye to broader theoretical questions about how history constrains and enables social change. --Jeff Henig, Profes

The Promise of Preschool deftly employs stories about people, places, and reform movements to account for America's patchwork approach to preschool, and does so with an eye to broader theoretical questions about how history constrains and enables social change. * Jeff Henig, Professor of Political Science and Education, Columbia University, and author of Spin Cycle * Beautifully and accessibly written, The Promise of Preschool is a spectacular piece of scholarship. A highly original analysis, the book is a goldmine for anyone who wants to understand one of the most important issues in America today. Rose carefully examines the strengths and weaknesses of each side of the debate and provides a much needed voice of mediation in the battle over how to move forward in the rapidly growing world of preschool education. Anyone interested in the future of education should read this book. Our children and our country can't wait. * Barbara Beatty, Professor of Education, Wellesley College, and author of Preschool Education in America * It is rare to find in one volume acute historical analysis and good sense about current questions of public policy. The Promise of Preschool offers both, told in the form of a lively narrative. It's a book that should be read not only by scholars and advocates, but also by all who care about children and the futures they will create for all of us. * Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Levy Institute Research Professor, Bard College * No complete understanding of the major development of how our nation has firmly embraced the value of preschool education is possible without a close reading of this impressively researched historical overview. It is the most complete history of the preschool education movement written to date. Plus, the author even-handedly discusses the remaining issues that must be resolved before the full potential of preschool can be realized. * Edward Zigler, Sterling Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Yale University, and founder of Head Start * a detailed, engrossing book. * Next American City *

"""a detailed, engrossing book""--Next American City ""No complete understanding of the major development of how our nation has firmly embraced the value of preschool education is possible without a close reading of this impressively researched historical overview. It is the most complete history of the preschool education movement written to date. Plus, the author even-handedly discusses the remaining issues that must be resolved before the full potential of preschool can be realized.""--Edward Zigler, Sterling Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Yale University, and founder of Head Start ""It is rare to find in one volume acute historical analysis and good sense about current questions of public policy. The Promise of Preschool offers both, told in the form of a lively narrative. It's a book that should be read not only by scholars and advocates, but also by all who care about children and the futures they will create for all of us.""--Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Levy Institute Research Professor, Bard College ""Beautifully and accessibly written, The Promise of Preschool is a spectacular piece of scholarship. A highly original analysis, the book is a goldmine for anyone who wants to understand one of the most important issues in America today. Rose carefully examines the strengths and weaknesses of each side of the debate and provides a much needed voice of mediation in the battle over how to move forward in the rapidly growing world of preschool education. Anyone interested in the future of education should read this book. Our children and our country can't wait.""--Barbara Beatty, Professor of Education, Wellesley College, and author of Preschool Education in America ""The Promise of Preschool deftly employs stories about people, places, and reform movements to account for America's patchwork approach to preschool, and does so with an eye to broader theoretical questions about how history constrains and enables social change.""--Jeff Henig, Professor of Political Science and Education, Columbia University, and author of Spin Cycle"

Author Information

Elizabeth Rose is a historian with interests in women's history, family history, education, and social policy. She is the author of A Mother's Job: The History of Day Care, 1890-1960 and has taught at Vanderbilt University, Trinity College, and Wesleyan University, as well as working on several public history and museum projects. She currently directs a grant project for history teachers and is an adjunct professor of history at Central Connecticut State University.

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