Improving the odds for America's children : future directions in policy and practice / Kathleen McCa...
Improving the odds for America's children : future directions in policy and practice / Kathleen McCa...
Improving the odds for America's children : future directions in policy and practice / Kathleen McCartney, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Laurie B. Forcier, editors.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2014]
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G 2015/1776
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English
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Physical content
xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Health care for children : forty years of health policy / Sara Rosenbaum and Partow Zomorrodian -- Healthy start before and after birth : applying the biology of adversity to build the capabilities of caregivers / Jack P. Shonkoff -- Great beginning : ensuring early opportunities for America's young...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2014]
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
[2014]
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Summary
"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."--Publisher'...
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Full title
Improving the odds for America's children : future directions in policy and practice / Kathleen McCartney, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Laurie B. Forcier, editors.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-254) and index.
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©2014.
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G 2015/1776
Record Identifier
74VK7dR0wdEb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7dR0wdEb
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ISBN
1612506895 (pbk.)
9781612506906 (library ed.)
1612506909 (library ed.)
9781612506890 (pbk.)
DDC
362.70973
MMS ID
991022722899702626
