Early Start : Preschool Politics in the United States

Early Start Preschool Politics 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 American debate over preschool education, Andrew Karch argues that the current state of decentralization and...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan) publisher (publisher)
Other Authors: Karch, Andrew, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press 2013.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Education and state > United States.
Early Childhood education > United States.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430350206719
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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