The Birth of Head Start
Subtitle: Preschool Education Policies in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: May 2, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780226856711
Subjects: Pre-school & kindergarten; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Education / Teaching; History: American; USA; History; Preschool & Kindergarten; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); Americas (North Central South West Indies); Head Start Program (U.S.); Project Head Start (U.S.)
Description: "Policymakers proposing to reform Head Start often invoke its origins to justify their position, but until now no comprehensive political history of the program has existed. Maris A. Vinovskis here provides an in-depth look at the nation's largest and best known - yet politically contested - early education program. The Birth of Head Start sets the record straight on the program's intended aims, documenting key decisions made during its formative years. It brings to light the previously neglected contributions of key participants, such as federal education officials and members of Congress, and offers the first sustained consideration of how politics and policymaking have shaped the program.

This thorough and incisive book will be essential for policymakers and legislators interested in prekindergarten education, and it will inform future discussions on early intervention services for disadvantaged children."--BOOK JACKET.