Childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life : a human capital integration / / edited by Arthur J. Reynolds [and three others] [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460035703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010
• ISBN: 0-511-84885-4; 1-107-20548-4; 1-282-77152-3; 9786612771521; 0-511-76266-6; 0-511-90155-0; 0-511-79919-5; 0-511-90234-4; 0-511-79779-6; 0-511-90076-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxiii, 518 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 362.70973
• Soggetti: Child welfare - United States; Children - Nutrition - United States; Head Start programs - United States; Early childhood education - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Early childhood development and human capital / Arthur J. Reynolds [and others] -- WIC turns 35 : program effectiveness and future directions / Barbara Devaney -- The nurse-family partnership : from trials to practice / David L. Olds -- Carolina Abecedarian project / Frances A. Campbell and Craig T. Ramey -- Early Head Start impacts at age 3 and a description of the age 5 follow-up study / Helen H. Raikes [and others] -- Project Head Start : quality and links to child outcomes / Gary Resnick -- The challenge of the HighScope Perry preschool study / Lawrence J. Schweinhart -- Impacts and implications of the ; child-parent center preschool program / Arthur J. Reynolds, Judy A. Temple, and Suh-Ruu Ou -- Small miracles in Tulsa : the effects of universal pre-K on cognitive development / William T. Gormley Jr. -- Lessons from the evaluation of the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) : a longitudinal evaluation / Marijata Daniel-Echols, Elena V. Malofeeva, and Lawrence J. Schweinhart -- Abbott preschool program longitudinal effects study year one findings / Ellen Frede [and others] -- Commentary : Are we promising too much for preschool education programs? / Edward Zigler -- Opportunity in early education : improving teacher-child interactions and child outcomes / Andrew J. Mashburn and Robert C. Pianta -- School readiness and the reading achievement gap : can full-day kindergarten level the playing field? / Vi-Nhuan Le [and others] -- Small classes in the early grades : one policy, multiple outcomes / Jeremy D. Finn, Allison E. Suriani, and Charles M. Achilles -- Commentary at the Human Capital Research Collaborative Conference / Gary H. Stern -- The cost effectiveness of public investment in high-quality prekindergarten : a state-level synthesis / Robert G. Lynch -- The fiscal returns to public educational investments in African American males / Clive Belfield and Henry Levin -- A new cost-benefit and rate of return analysis for the Perry preschool program : a summary / James J. Heckman [and others] -- Investing in our young people / Flavio Cunha and James J. Heckman -- Paths of effects of preschool participation to educational attainment at age 21 : a three-study analysis / Arthur J. Reynolds [and others].
• Sommario/riassunto: Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life presents research findings on the effects of early childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life and their implications for policy development and reform. Leading scholars in the multidisciplinary field of human development and in early childhood learning discuss the effects and cost-effectiveness of the most influential model, state, and federally funded programs, policies, and practices. These include Head Start, Early Head Start, the WIC nutrition program, Nurse Family Partnership, and Perry Preschool as well as school reform strategies. This volume provides a unique multidisciplinary approach to understanding and improving interventions, practices, and policies to optimally foster human capital over the life course.