Standardized childhood
Subtitle: the political and cultural struggle over early education
By: Bruce Fuller with Margaret Bridges and Seeta Pai.
Contributors: Bridges, Margaret.; Pai, Seeta.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9780804755795
Subjects: Education, Preschool -- United States; Early childhood education -- United States
Description: "Sociologist Bruce Fuller traveled the country - sitting in preschool classrooms, exploring into the origins of universal preschool in California and Oklahoma, and interviewing this movement's leaders - to understand the ideologies of childhood and the political forces at play. He details how these new progressives earnestly seek to extend the rigors of public schooling down into the lives of very young children. Fuller then illuminates the stiff resistance by children's activists, ethnic leaders, and conservatives, who hold less trust in government solutions and more faith in nonprofits and local groups in contributing to the upbringing of young children."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-342) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface : who defines childhood?; title: Why universal preschool now?; title: The historical contest over early education; title: Welcome to the rainbow room; title: Oklahoma : the brave new world; title: California : preschool with pluralism; title: Which children benefit from preschool : the research shows that; title: Early learning in Latino communities; title: Richer childhoods, stronger families : how to move forward?.