A "noble bet" in early care and education: lessons from one community's experience
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Main Author: Gill, Brian P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA Rand 2002
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Item Description:"MR-1544."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146)
The Early Childhood Initiative (ECI), launched in Pittsburgh in 1996 to provide high-quality early care and education services to at-risk children, failed to achieve its goals. This report summarizes ECI's organizational history and analyses and explains its critical weaknesses
Introduction -- A Brief History of the Early Childhood Initiative -- ECI's Theory of Action -- ECI Services: Demand, Supply, and Incentives -- Explaining ECI's Costs -- Sustainability and the Strategy to Secure State Funding -- Lessons for the Future, Alternative Models, and Public-Policy Implications -- Appendix: ECI Cost Models
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxxvi, 146 pages)
ISBN:0833031627
0833033956
9780833031624
9780833033956

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