| Improving the Odds for America's Children: Future Directions in Policy and Practice Contributor(s): McCartney, Kathleen (Editor), Yoshikawa, Hirokazu (Editor), Forcier, Laurie B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1612506895 ISBN-13: 9781612506890 Publisher: Harvard Education PR OUR PRICE: $31.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 362.709 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.83 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This landmark volume commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the Children's Defense Fund, which has been an uncompromising champion of American youth for all of those years. Yet the book looks not to the past but at our current circumstances--and at the challenges we must meet now and in the future on behalf of our young people. The book examines critical issues--prenatal and infant health and development, early child care 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 American children. An invaluable survey of the conditions facing American youth--and a call to action at the local, state, and national levels--Improving the Odds for America's Children is an urgent, informative, and inspired volume that addresses shortcomings and challenges we cannot afford to ignore. Contributors include Sara Rosenbaum, Partow Zomorrodian, Jack P. Shonkoff, Joan Lombardi, Deborah Jewell- Sherman, Jal Mehta, Robert B. Schwartz, Jerry D. Weast, Greg J. Duncan, Richard J. Murnane, Michael S. Wald, Jane Waldfogel, Robert G. Schwartz, Laurence Steinberg, Arloc Sherman, Robert Greenstein, Sharon Parrott, and Eric Dearing. |
Contributor Bio(s): Edelman, Marian Wright: - Founder and president, Children's Defense FundForcier, Laurie B.: - Laurie B. Forcier is senior academic projects manager at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.McCartney, Kathleen: - Kathleen McCartney is the president of Smith College.Yoshikawa, Hirokazu: - Hirokazu Yoshikawa is the Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education at New York University. |