Head Start : the inside story of America's most successful educational experiment

Author(s)

• Zigler, Edward
• Muenchow, Susan

Bibliographic Information

Head Start : the inside story of America's most successful educational experiment

Edward Zigler, Susan Muenchow

BasicBooks, c1992

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-264) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Zigler, who has been a consultant to every administration since he helped found Head Start in the sixties, tells the behind-the-scenes story of the programs rocky course, from its beginnings as Project Rush-Rush to today..

Table of Contents

High Hopes Miracle Workers On the Defensive My First Crisis Maximum Feasible Parent Participation Head Start Meets Child Care Keeping the Experiment Alive The Carter Surprise Surviving the Reagan Years Head Start: The Next Generation

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Details

• NCID: BA21070664
• ISBN:
  • 0465033164
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 274 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LC4091
  • DC20 : 372.21/0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Project Head Start (U.S.) -- History
  • LCSH : Zigler, Edward, 1930- -- Views on education
  • LCSH : Education, Preschool -- United States