Argues that the national debate on early education cannot be separated from needs of working families, nor be pitted against the belief of the importance of parents to children's lives. Maintains that it is necessary to promote early education of young children at home, in child care, and in other early childhood programs and that such issues…

This article discusses the promise of parents as advocates on behalf of family support and high-quality care for infants and toddlers. The authors note that parents organize around specific issues or immediate problems. Parent action grows from the bottom up--from community advocacy to national issues. Effective public policy promotes parent…

As Congress is scheduled to reauthorize the entire Head Start program in 2003, it is important to understand more about Early Head Start and the children and families the program serves. This policy brief, third in a series analyzing Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data, synthesizes Early Head Start data from the most recently…