03369nam 2200601 450 991016665410332120161221000000.01-299-47530-20-472-02907-X10.3998/mpub.813135(CKB)2550000001019835(EBL)3415134(SSID)ssj0000871398(PQKBManifestationID)11496102(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000871398(PQKBWorkID)10820993(PQKB)10341319(MiAaPQ)EBC3415134(OCoLC)847003077(MdBmJHUP)muse24851(MiU)10.3998/mpub.813135(MiAaPQ)EBC7007861(EXLCZ)99255000000101983520161122d2013|||| ||| |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEarly Start Preschool Politics in the United States /Andrew KarchAnn Arbor :University of Michigan Press,2013.©2013.1 online resource (285 p.)This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.Print version (hardback): 0472118722 Print version (hardback): 9780472118724 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: the preschool puzzle -- Early childhood policy and the American welfare state -- Historical precedents and forces for change -- A watershed episode: the comprehensive child development act -- Venue shopping, federalism, and the role of the states -- Congressional activity and the dissolving early childhood coalition -- Policy stability and political change in the 1980s -- The congressional heritage of a critical juncture -- The contemporary preschool movement in the states -- Conclusion: the future of preschool politics.In the United States, preschool education is characterized by the dominance of a variegated private sector and patchy, uncoordinated oversight of the public sector. Tracing the history of the American debate over preschool education, Andrew Karch argues that the current state of decentralization and fragmentation is the consequence of a chain of reactions and counterreactions to policy decisions dating from the late 1960s and early 1970s, when preschool advocates did not achieve their vision for a comprehensive national program but did manage to foster initiatives at both the state and national levels. Over time, beneficiaries of these initiatives and officials with jurisdiction over preschool education have become ardent defenders of the status quo. Today, advocates of greater government involvement must take on a diverse and entrenched set of constituencies resistant to policy change.Early Start, Preschool Politics in the United StatesEducation and stateUnited StatesEarly Childhood educationUnited StatesEducation and stateEarly Childhood education372.210973Karch Andrew882464Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)MiUMiUBOOK9910166654103321Early Start2126230UNINA