George Miller Kathleen McCartney Hirokazu Yoshikawa (New York University,
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...
This landmark volume commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the Children s Defense Fund, which has been an uncompromising champion of American youth...