Early schooling
Subtitle: the national debate
By: edited by Sharon L. Kagan and Edward F. Zigler.
Contributors: Kagan, Sharon Lynn.; Zigler, Edward, 1930-
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Education, Preschool -- United States; Education, Preschool -- Curricula -- United States; Education and state -- United States; United States -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Early schooling : on what grounds? / Sharon L. Kagan; title: Formal schooling for four-year-olds? : no / Edward F. Zigler; title: The case for public school sponsorship of early childhood education revisited / Albert Shanker; title: From national debate to national responsibility / Bertha D. Campbell; title: Child care in the public schools : public accountability and the Black child / Evelyn K. Moore; title: Early childhood education on its own terms / David Elkind; title: Policy, implementation, and the problem of change / Seymour B. Sarason; title: Early childhood education : developmental enhancement or developmental acceleration? / Irving E. Sigel; title: Early education : what should young children be doing? / Lilian G. Katz; title: Curriculum quality in early education / David P. Weikart; title: Comparing preschool curricula and practices : the state of research / Douglas R. Powell; title: Early schooling : a national opportunity? / Sharon L. Kagan and Edward F. Zigler.