Early start : preschool politics in the United States - Karch, Andrew (Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 2013)
Introduction: the preschool puzzle -- Early childhood policy and the American welfare state -- Historical precedents and forces for change -- A watershed episode: the comprehensive child development act -- Venu e shopping, federalism, and the role of the states -- Congressional act ivity and the dissolving early childhood coalition -- Policy stability and political change in the 1980s -- The congressional heritage of a cr itical juncture -- The contemporary preschool movement in the states -- Conclusion: the future of preschool politics.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-262) and index.
Keywords: Education and state -- United States; Early childhood education -- United states