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Title:
Investing in early childhood development : evidence to support a movement for educational change / edited by Alvin R. Tarlov and Michelle Precourt Debbink.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
xxiv, 248 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Early childhood education--United States.
Education and state--United States.
Child development--United States.
Children--Health and hygiene--United States.
Other Authors:
Tarlov, Alvin R. (Alvin Richard), 1929-
Debbink, Michelle Precourt.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Building brain architecture and chemistry : a primer for policymakers / Pat Levitt -- Children develop in an environment of relationships / The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, with comments by Alvin R. Tarlov -- The coproduction of human development and health / Alvin R. Tarlov -- Effective early childhood programs : turning knowledge into action / Susan Landry -- Learning from others : state efforts to expand services and build systems of early care and education / Kristie Kauerz -- North Carolina's early childhood initiative : the smart start story and its evaluation / Donna Bryant -- The Texas plan / Kay M. Albrecht, Kaitlin G. Guthrow, and Alvin R. Tarlov -- Demographic and related economic transformations of Texas : implications for early childhood development and education / Steve H. Murdock and Stephen L. Klineberg -- Can society profit from investing in early education programs? / Greg J. Duncan and Katherine Magnuson -- Financing early childhood care and education systems : a standards-based approach / Anne Mitchell and Louise Stoney -- The framing of early child development and education : lessons from communications research / Susan Nall Bales.
ISBN:
9781403979933 (alk. paper)
1403979936 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)156891951
LCCN:
2007028865
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

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