Description: Hidden History of Head Start, Hardcover by Zigler, Edward; Styfco, Sally J., ISBN 0195393767, ISBN-13 9780195393767, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Currently enrolling approximately 900,000 poor children each year, Head Start has served 25 million children and their families since it was established 44 years ago. Presidents and policymakers have embraced and scorned it. At times scientists have misguided it and the media has misunderstood
it. Despite its longevity and renown, much of Head Starts story has never been disclosed to the general public.
The Hidden History of Head Start is a detailed account of this remarkable program. Surveying projects that were forerunners of Head Start, its birth during the Johnson administration, its fate during the presidency of George W. Bush, and the many years between--as well as what the future may hold in
store for Head Start--Edward Zigler and Sally Styfco offer an inside view of the programs decades of service, detailing the ever-changing waves of politics, ideology, science, media interest, and public mood that oftentimes threatened the programs very existence. Providing a balanced assessment of
Head Starts effectiveness, which has been a matter of debate since its inception, the authors also strive to answer questions that continue to pervade discussions about the program and its future. For example, why is Head Start, a leader of early childhood services, still struggling to prove
itself? Why does it serve such a narrow segment of the population? And how can Head Start continue its mission as universal preschool becomes a reality? The Hidden History of Head Start will be of great importance to those who shape Head Starts future, and to those who wish to develop, research,
and implement new early childhood programs. Students, historians, and scholars in the fields of early intervention and developmental science, as well as policymakers, will find here an invaluable resource as well as a fascinating chronicle of one of the foremost social programs in US history.
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Book Title: Hidden History of Head Start
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Hidden History of Head Start
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 1.5 in
Subject: Educational Policy & Reform / General, Developmental / Child, Early Childhood (Incl. Preschool & Kindergarten)
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 24.8 Oz
Item Length: 6.2 in
Subject Area: Education, Psychology
Author: Edward Zigler, Sally J. Styfco
Series: Development at Risk Ser.
Item Width: 9.3 in
Format: Hardcover
