Investing in early childhood development
Subtitle: evidence to support a movement for educational change
By: edited by Alvin R. Tarlov and Michelle Precourt Debbink
Contributors: Tarlov, Alvin R. 1929-; Debbink, Michelle Precourt
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781403979933
Subjects: Early childhood education -- United States; Education and state -- United States; Child development -- United States; Children -- Health and hygiene -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Building brain architecture and chemistry : a primer for policymakers / Pat Levitt; title: Children develop in an environment of relationships / The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, with comments by Alvin R. Tarlov; title: The coproduction of human development and health / Alvin R. Tarlov; title: Effective early childhood programs : turning knowledge into action / Susan Landry; title: Learning from others : state efforts to expand services and build systems of early care and education / Kristie Kauerz; title: North Carolina's early childhood initiative : the smart start story and its evaluation / Donna Bryant; title: The Texas plan / Kay M. Albrecht, Kaitlin G. Guthrow, and Alvin R. Tarlov; title: Demographic and related economic transformations of Texas : implications for early childhood development and education / Steve H. Murdock and Stephen L. Klineberg; title: Can society profit from investing in early education programs? / Greg J. Duncan and Katherine Magnuson; title: Financing early childhood care and education systems : a standards-based approach / Anne Mitchell and Louise Stoney; title: The framing of early child development and education : lessons from communications research / Susan Nall Bales