Reshaping Universal Preschool: Critical Perspectives on Power and Policy

ISBN-13: 9780807761274 / Angielski / Twarda / 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