Reshaping Universal Preschool: Critical Perspectives on Power and Policy

ISBN-13: 9780807761267 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020

Lucinda G. Heimer; Ann Elizabeth Ramminger; Katherine K. Delaney

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Contents (Tentative)

Foreword Elizabeth Graue

Acknowledgments

Preface
Terminology
A Dilemma
Our Lens
Chapter Summaries
Our Hopes

1. Early Education in the U.S.: Is it Fair Game?
Educational Equity in the U.S.—A Quick History
Public Education
Why Should Early Education be Treated Differently?
The Current U.S. Early Educational System—A Patchwork
Early Childhood Equity in Other Countries
Have Societal Attitudes Changed in the U.S.
Summary

2. Universal Preschool: Panacea or Perpetuated Patchwork
Defining Universal Preschool
Key Components of Early Childhood Programs
Universal Preschool Efforts Require Collaboration
What Does Collaboration Have to Do with Policy?
Pandora's Box of Power/Knowledge Relationships
Collaboration Is Constructed Through Discourse
Panacea or Propensity for Power
Collaborative Leadership
The Early Childhood Collaborative (ECC): A Past Story of UPK
Summary

3. Encouraging All Voices in the Universal Preschool Conversation
Collaborative Policy
Past Story: EEC—Voices at the Table
Ensuring All Voices in Current Universal Preschool Efforts
Present Story: I Don't Know Why They Don't Come (Kristin Whyte)
Summary

4. Equitable Access to Universal Preschool: Enrollment Issues
Policy Is Multi-faceted
Past Story: ECC—Come One, Come All
Enrollment Decisions
Present Story: Enrollment Silos and Conundrums (Sarah Galanter-Guziewski)
Summary

5. Leading the Curriculum Process: One Size Does Not Fit All
Curriculum in Early Education
Past Story: ECC—Who's the Boss?
Present Story: Who Gets to Say we can Play in 4K? (Kate K. Delaney)
Summary

6. A Long and Winding Road
What Have We Learned from Research and Stories?
Next Steps on the Universal Preschool Journey
Present Story: NYC Pre-K for All—Conflicting Interests and Beliefs Around Curriculum and Assessment (Lacey Peters)
Summary: Keeping Wonder at the Heart of Wisdom
Conclusion

Appendix: Methodology

References

Index

About the Authors