Investing in early childhood development : evidence to support a movement for educational change /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Tarlov, Alvin R. (Alvin Richard), 1929-, Debbink, Michelle Precourt
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Early childhood education > United States. Education and state > United States. Child development > United States. Children > Health and hygiene > United States.
Online Access:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents only

Table of Contents:

Building brain architecture and chemistry : a primer for policymakers / Pat Levitt
Children develop in an environment of relationships / The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, with comments by Alvin R. Tarlov
The coproduction of human development and health / Alvin R. Tarlov
Effective early childhood programs : turning knowledge into action / Susan Landry
Learning from others : state efforts to expand services and build systems of early care and education / Kristie Kauerz
North Carolina's early childhood initiative : the smart start story and its evaluation / Donna Bryant
The Texas plan / Kay M. Albrecht, Kaitlin G. Guthrow, and Alvin R. Tarlov
Demographic and related economic transformations of Texas : implications for early childhood development and education / Steve H. Murdock and Stephen L. Klineberg
Can society profit from investing in early education programs? / Greg J. Duncan and Katherine Magnuson
Financing early childhood care and education systems : a standards-based approach / Anne Mitchell and Louise Stoney
The framing of early child development and education : lessons from communications research / Susan Nall Bales.