Taming reform
Subtitle: "reinventing government" yields to "business as usual" for young children
By: edited by Jean A. Patterson, Amee Adkins
Series: Understanding education and policy
Publisher: Hampton Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781612890760; 9781612890777
Subjects: Early childhood education; Government aid to education; Smart Start Program (N.C.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: taming reform / Jean A. Patterson and Amee Adkins; title: A bold initiative takes shape / Peter Leousis; title: Claiming taming: local efforts unfold / Amee Adkins; title: Reinventing government? or business as usual? / Catherine Awsumb Nelson; title: Unfulfilled promise: the taming of community involvement / Mary Cornish; title: Taming public-private partnership / Jean A Patterson; title: Taming the families and Smart Start evaluation / Jenny Gordon; title: Ready or not: context and performance in the fluid construction of kindergarten readiness / Beth Hatt and Sydney Brown; title: The fate of bold / George Noblit.