The pre-K debates : current controversies and issues

Author(s)

• Zigler, Edward
• Gilliam, Walter S.
• Barnett, W. Steven

Bibliographic Information

The pre-K debates : current controversies and issues

edited by Edward Zigler, Walter S. Gilliam, and W. Steven Barnett

Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., c2011

• pbk.
• pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Effective child development strategies / James J. Heckman
• The right policy at the right time : the Pew Prekindergarten Campaign / Sara D. Watson
• Debate 1 : Targeted versus universal preschool. The economic case for targeted preschool programs / Art Rolnick and Rob Grunewald
• Preschool as public entitlement : advancing children or political interests? / Bruce Fuller
• Four reasons the United States should offer every child a preschool education / W. Steven Barnett
• About everyone's child : winning public support for early learning / David Lawrence, Jr.
• Universal plus : what's worth doing is worth doing well / Sharon Lynn Kagan and Jocelyn Friedlander
• Debate 2 : Teacher credentials versus competencies and supports. Minimum requirements for preschool teacher educational qualifications / W. Steven Barnett
• Bachelor's degrees are necessary but not sufficient : preparing teachers to teach young children / Barbara T. Bowman
• College credentials and caring : how teacher training could lift young children / Bruce Fuller
• A degree is not enough : teachers need stronger and more individualized professional development supports to be effective in the classroom / Robert C. Pianta
• B.A. plus : reconciling reality and reach / Sharon Lynn Kagan and Rebecca E. Gomez
• Competencies and credentials for early childhood educators : what do we know and what do we need to know? / Margaret Burchinal, Marilou Hyson, and Martha Zaslow
• The importance of early childhood teacher preparation : the perspectives and positions of the National Association for the Education of Young Children / Barbara A. Willer, Alison Lutton, and Mark R. Ginsberg
• Debate 3 Cognitive/academic emphasis versus whole child approach. The cognitive/academic emphasis versus the whole child approach : the 50-year debate / Sandra J. Bishop-Josef and Edward Zigler
• The importance of kindergarten-entry academic skills / Greg J. Duncan
• Academic preschool : the French connection / E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
• Classroom practices and children's motivation to learn / Deborah Stipek
• Classroom-based intervention as a way to support low-income preschoolers' emotional and behavioral development : pressing challenges and potential opportunities / C. Cybele Raver and Genevieve Okada
• The great balancing act : optimizing core curricula through playful pedagogy / Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
• Debate 4 Public schools only versus other sites. The case for public preschool / Kathleen McCartney, Margaret Burchinal, and Todd Grindal
• Preschool programs should be coordinated in the public schools with supports from Head Start and child care / Walter S. Gilliam
• Public schools as the hub of a mixed-delivery system of early care and education / W. Steven Barnett and Debra J. Ackerman
• Applying choice-based multivenue education concepts to preschool education / Daniel E. Witte
• Issue 1 How can quality and accountability in preschool programs be insured? A model preschool program / Edward Zigler
• How to make early childhood programs highly effective / Lawrence J. Schweinhart
• Why the child-parent center education program promotes life-course development / Arthur J. Reynolds and Cathy Momoko Hayakawa
• Assessing accountability and ensuring continuous program improvement : why, how, and who / Ellen C. Frede, Walter S. Gilliam, and Lawrence J. Schweinhart
• Issue 2 What should come before and after preschool? The link between consistent caring interactions with babies, early brain development, and school readiness / J. Ronald Lally
• What should come before preschool : lessons from early Head Start / Helen Raikes, Rachel Chazan-Cohen, and John M. Love
• Home visitation / Deborah Daro
• Economic benefits of intervention programs implemented in the first decade of life / Arthur J. Reynolds, Judy A. Temple, and Barry A.B. white
• Transforming America's primary education system for the 21st Century : integrating K-12 education with prekindergarten / Ruby Takanishi
• Redirecting Title I / Edward Zigler
• Lessons from the states. Prekinder0

• NCID: BB11321051
• ISBN:
  • 9781598571837
  • 1598571834
• LCCN: 2011017969
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Baltimore, Md.
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 248 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LB1140.4
  • DC23 : 372.210973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Education, Preschool -- Curricula -- Standards -- United States
  • LCSH : Curriculum planning -- Standards -- United States
  • LCSH : Head Start programs -- United States