First Things First!
Subtitle: Creating the New American Primary School
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: Aug 19, 2016
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780807756935
Description: Challenging policymakers, educators, reformers, and citizens to replace piecemeal reforms with fundamental redesign, First Things First! calls for a different way of organizing the American primary school. Ruby Takanishi outlines a new framework for integrating early education with primary education (pre-K–5), including both short- and long-term strategies, that starts with 3- and 4-year-olds. Featuring portraits of primary schools that have successfully integrated pre-K, the book includes resources on dual-language learners, dual-generation family engagement, effective philanthropy, rethinking advocacy, and more. -- Provided by publisher.

First Things First! reframes the basic structure of traditional primary education, challenging us to get the early years of a 21st-century public education system off to a new and stronger start. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Source title: First Things First!: Creating the New American Primary School