Birth of Head Start Preschool Education Policies in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations

Name: Birth of Head Start Preschool Education Policies in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations
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ISBN: 9780226856728

ISBN-10: 0226856720

ISBN-13: 9780226856728

Edition: 2005

Authors: Maris A. Vinovskis

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One of the most popular and enduring legacies of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs, Project Head Start continues to support young children of low-income families-close to one million annually-by providing a range of developmental and educational services. Policy makers proposing to reform and update 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 inThe Birth of Head Startan in-depth look at the nation's largest and best known-yet politically challenged-early education program. He sets the record straight on the program's intended aims, documenting…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 219
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations


Introduction



Changing Views of Poverty and Early Child Development



Education, Poverty, and Early Schooling in the Kennedy Administration



Education Policy, the War on Poverty, and the 1964 Election



Organizing OEO and Passing ESEA



Implementing, Evaluating, and Improving Head Start Programs



Congressional and Administration Debates about Transferring Head Start


Conclusion


Notes


Index