Childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life : a human capital integration / edited by Arthur J. Reynolds ... [et al.]
Imprint
New York : Cambridge University Press, c2010
Descript
xxiii, 518 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
CONTENT
Early childhood development and human capital -- WIC Turns 35 : Program effectiveness and future directions -- Nurse-family partnership: From trials to practice -- Carolina abecedarian project -- Early head start impacts at Age 3 and a description of the age 5 follow-up study -- Project head start: quality and links to child outcomes -- Challenge of the highscope perry preschool study -- Impacts and implications of the child-parent center preschool program -- Small miracles in Tulsa: the effects of universal Pre-K on cognitive development -- Lessons from the evaluation of the great start readiness program (GSRP) : A Longitudinal evaluation -- Abbott preschool program longitudinal effects study year one findings -- Opportunity in early education: improving teacher-child Interactions and child outcomes -- School readiness and the reading achievement gap: can full-day kindergarten level the playing field? -- Small classes in the early grades: one policy, multiple outcomes-- Cost effectiveness of public investment in high-quality Prekindergarten: a state-level synthesis -- Fiscal returns to public educational investments in African American males -- New cost-benefit and rate of return analysis for the perry Preschool program ; summary -- Investing in our young people -- Paths of effects of preschool participation to educational attainment at age 21 : a three-study analysis