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Direct linkForbes, Joan, Ed.; Watson, Cate, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Can we imagine different ways of working together to secure better outcomes for children and families? What are the complex issues that underlie the apparently simple call for "joined-up" services? Children's services in many countries around the world are being transformed as part of the call for "joined-up working for joined-up…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Welfare, Cooperation, Social Capital
Haskins, Ron, Ed.; Barnett, W. Steven, Ed. – Brookings Institution, 2010
This volume explores whether the nation's early childhood programs are boosting child development and preparing children for schooling and proposes reforms that would improve the programs. The volume contains contrasting papers on the success of Head Start, Early Head Start, and home-visiting programs and on policies that would improve these three…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Young Children, Child Development
Reynolds, Arthur J., Ed.; Rolnick, Arthur J., Ed.; Englund, Michelle M., Ed.; Temple, Judy A., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2010
"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…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Human Capital, School Readiness, Early Intervention
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1996
The research reported in this book develops a theme introduced in a previous work published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, "Our Children at Risk" (1995), which noted the integration of services as a way to provide more effective services for families and children at risk of school failure. Part 1 of this…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Case Studies, Children, Disadvantaged Youth
Kamerman, Sheila B., Ed.; Kahn, Alfred J., Ed. – 1996
"Confronting the New Politics of Child and Family Policy in the United States" is an 18-month project designed to help states, local governments, and the voluntary sector as they respond to the social policy debates and changes precipitated by the 104th Congress. The project's main vehicle will be a series of reports, based on a series…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs
Jacobs, Francine H., Ed.; Davies, Margery W., Ed. – 1994
Meant to orient a broad audience to basic issues of child and family policy in the United States today, this book includes an overview of the recent history of child and family policy in the United States, an exploration of several political economic conditions underlying changes in these policies, case studies of selected local, state and federal…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Case Studies, Child Welfare, Children
Blackledge, Adrian, Ed. – 1994
Contributors from Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, and the United States describe how primary-age children in these anglophone countries are learning in the language of their home. The book demonstrates that monolingual schooling in a multicultural society fails to meet the needs of bilingual children. It argues that linguistic minorities…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Bilingualism, Classroom Communication
Danziger, Sheldon, Ed.; Waldfogel, Jane, Ed. – 2000
Noting that the human capital of a nation is a primary determinant of its strength, this book reviews what is known about the processes that affect child development and how public and private investments in children might be increased to promote their well-being and to enhance the economic productivity of the next generation in America. Based on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Development
Download full textWinton, Pamela J., Ed.; And Others – 1997
The 21 papers in this collection address changes and reforms in the preparation of teachers and other personnel concerned with early intervention with children having or at risk for disabilities. The papers are: (1) "Ecological Perspectives on Personnel Preparation: Rationale, Framework, and Guidelines for Change" (Pamela J. Winton,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Educational Change
