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The Hidden History of Head Start (Hardcover)
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The Hidden History of Head Start (Hardcover)
Series: Development at Risk Series
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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 Start's 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
program's decades of service, detailing the ever-changing waves of
politics, ideology, science, media interest, and public mood that
oftentimes threatened the program's very existence. Providing a
balanced assessment of Head Start's 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 Start's 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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