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- Book Title
- Improving the Odds for America's Children: Future Directions in P
- ISBN
- 9781612506890
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Improving the Odds for America's Children : Future Directions in Policy and Practice
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Harvard Education Publishing Group (Hepg)
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 14.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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This landmark volume commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the Children's Defense Fund, which has been an uncompromising champion of American youth. The book examines critical issues - prenatal and infant health and development, early childcare and education, school reform, the achievement gap, vulnerable children, juvenile justice, and child poverty - and highlights crucial practical and policy measures we need to consider and undertake if we are to better serve children.
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Publisher
Harvard Education Publishing Group (Hepg)
ISBN-10
1612506895
ISBN-13
9781612506890
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221941170
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Improving the Odds for America's Children : Future Directions in Policy and Practice
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hv741
Reviews
"In Improving the Odds for America's Children , edited by McCartney (president, Smith College), Yoshikawa (New York Univ.), and Forcier (Harvard Graduate School of Education), the importance of investing in the future of the US by investing in the most vulnerable resource--the children--is superbly and clearly substantiated through the groundwork of scientifically based research and evidence-based practices...This collection of essays on the critical issues facing America's children is a mustread for educators, child and family advocates, and policy makers at all levels." -- B. A. Perrachione , CHOICE Connect, "In the past forty years, the Children's Defense Fund has tirelessly worked to improve the lives of children in America. There are dozens of laws on the books protecting children and supporting families that simply wouldn't be there if it weren't for the Children's Defense Fund. But the work on behalf of America's children is not done. This important collection of ideas about how to improve the odds for America's children should be required reading for policy makers across the country."-- Hillary Rodham Clinton , former secretary of state and U.S. senator
Table of Content
CONTENTS Foreword by Congressman George Miller ix Introduction Kathleen McCartney, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Laurie B. Forcier 1 Prenatal and Infant health and Development 1 Health Care for Children: Forty Years of Health Policy 13 Sara Rosenbaum and Partow Zomorrodian 2 A Healthy Start Before and After Birth: Applying the Biology of Adversity to Build the Capabilities of Caregivers 28 Jack P. Shonkoff Early Childhood Care and Education 3 A Great Beginning: Ensuring Early Opportunities forAmerica's Young Children 43 Joan Lombardi 4 A Future for Preschool in the United States: Integrating Innovations from Global Perspectives 58 Hirokazu Yoshikawa and Kathleen McCartney School Reform 5 The Past as Prologue to the Future: Envisioning School Reform for the Twenty-First Century 73 Deborah Jewell-Sherman 6 Building a Twenty-First-Century School System: Creating a Teaching Profession and Multiple Student Pathways 84 Jal Mehta and Robert B. Schwartz The Achievement Gap 7 Confronting the Achievement Gap: A District-Level Perspective 101 Jerry D. Weast 8 Rising Inequality and the School Performance of Low- and High-Income Children 121 Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane Vulnerable Children 9 Beyond Child Protection: Helping All Families Provide Adequate Parenting 135 Michael S. Wald 10 Child Protection and Child Welfare: Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Children 148 Jane Waldfogel Juvenile Justice 11 The Wheel Turns: Recreating a System of Justice for Juveniles 161 Robert G. Schwartz 12 Using Scientific Research to Transform Juvenile Justice Policy and Practice: A Modest Success Story and Some Suggestions for the Next Four Decades 174 Laurence Steinberg Child Poverty 13 Policies to Reduce Poverty: Supporting Family Income as an Investment in Children's Futures 189 Arloc Sherman, Robert Greenstein, and Sharon Parrott 14 The State of Research on Children and Families in Poverty: Past, Present, and Future Empirical Avenues of Promise 203 Eric Dearing Afterword by Marian Wright Edelman 217 Notes 221 Acknowledgments 255 About the Editors 257 About the Contributors 259 Index 265
Copyright Date
2014
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Educational Policy & Reform / General, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Public Policy / Social Policy
Lccn
2013-953416
Dewey Decimal
362.7
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Education, Political Science
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