Promises and politics : Head Start sets the stage in the 1960s -- Creating a patchwork approach to child care in the 1970s -- Separate strands : early education and child care for poor children in the 1980s -- Opening doors to universal preschool in the 1990s -- Preschool for all : building a movement in the 2000s -- Preschool for all or preschool for the needy? Universal and targeted approaches in the United States -- Mixed blessings : delivering preschool inside and outside the education tent -- Putting the promise of preschool into practice -- Conclusion: History lessons for preschool advocates.
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