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Early Start: Preschool Politics in the United States
Andrew Karch
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Description for Early Start: Preschool Politics in the United States
Hardcover. A political history of the debate over preschool education policy in the United States Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNLA; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
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 counter-reactions 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 the national levels. Over time, beneficiaries of these initiatives and ... 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 counter-reactions 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 the national levels. Over time, beneficiaries of these initiatives and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472118724
SKU
V9780472118724
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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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