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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455394903321

Autore

Kirp David L

Titolo

The sandbox investment [[electronic resource] ] : the preschool movement and kids-first politics / / David L. Kirp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-674-03964-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Disciplina

372.210973

Soggetti

Education, Preschool - Political aspects - United States

Education, Preschool - United States - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-316) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Kirp provides a guide to this quiet movement. He crouches in classrooms where committed teachers engage lively four-year-olds, and reveals the findings of an extraordinary longitudinal study that shows the life-changing impact of preschool.