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Early Start
Andrew Karch
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Description for Early Start
Paperback. A political history of the debate over preschool education policy in the United States Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
In the United States, preschool education is characterised by the dominance of a variegated private sector and patchy, uncoordinated oversight of the public sector. Tracing the history of the American debate over preschool education, Andrew Karch argues that the current state of decentralisation and fragmentation is the consequence of a chain of reactions and counterreactions to policy decisions dating from the late 1960s and early 1970s, when preschool advocates did not achieve their vision for a comprehensive national program but did manage to foster initiatives at both the state and national levels. Over time, beneficiaries of these initiatives and officials ... Read more
In the United States, preschool education is characterised by the dominance of a variegated private sector and patchy, uncoordinated oversight of the public sector. Tracing the history of the American debate over preschool education, Andrew Karch argues that the current state of decentralisation and fragmentation is the consequence of a chain of reactions and counterreactions to policy decisions dating from the late 1960s and early 1970s, when preschool advocates did not achieve their vision for a comprehensive national program but did manage to foster initiatives at both the state and national levels. Over time, beneficiaries of these initiatives and officials ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472035885
SKU
V9780472035885
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About Andrew Karch
Andrew Karch is Arleen C. Carlson Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, USA.
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