Early start : preschool politics in the United States /
Karch, Andrew,
Early start : preschool politics in the United States / Andrew Karch. - 1 online resource (x, 262 pages) - BiblioLabs, LLC. Books. .
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.
Open Access
This book presents a political history of the debate over preschool education policy in the United States. 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, the author 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. Advocates of greater government involvement must take on a diverse and entrenched set of constituencies resistant to policy change. In his close analysis of the politics of preschool education, the author demonstrates how to apply the concepts of policy feedback, critical junctures, and venue shopping to the study of social policy.--description from a dust jacket.
English.
9780472029075 047202907X 9780472900787 0472900781
10.3998/mpub.813135
905295AC-46E1-42B5-BB10-BC99B04B6E53 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt1d61bmw JSTOR 22573/ctt1qpnjbx JSTOR 100396 Knowledge Unlatched
Education and state--United States.
Early childhood education--United States.
Social Sciences.
Education, Special Topics.
Education.
EDUCATION--Preschool & Kindergarten.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
Early childhood education.
Education and state.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
LC89 / .K365 2013eb
372.210973
Early start : preschool politics in the United States / Andrew Karch. - 1 online resource (x, 262 pages) - BiblioLabs, LLC. Books. .
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.
Open Access
This book presents a political history of the debate over preschool education policy in the United States. 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, the author 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. Advocates of greater government involvement must take on a diverse and entrenched set of constituencies resistant to policy change. In his close analysis of the politics of preschool education, the author demonstrates how to apply the concepts of policy feedback, critical junctures, and venue shopping to the study of social policy.--description from a dust jacket.
English.
9780472029075 047202907X 9780472900787 0472900781
10.3998/mpub.813135
905295AC-46E1-42B5-BB10-BC99B04B6E53 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt1d61bmw JSTOR 22573/ctt1qpnjbx JSTOR 100396 Knowledge Unlatched
Education and state--United States.
Early childhood education--United States.
Social Sciences.
Education, Special Topics.
Education.
EDUCATION--Preschool & Kindergarten.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
Early childhood education.
Education and state.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
LC89 / .K365 2013eb
372.210973