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9780674032354

The Sandbox Investment

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  • ISBN13:

    9780674032354

  • ISBN10:

    0674032357

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-05-31
  • Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

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Summary

What's the best investment we can make in the next generation? Kirp gives us the answer in this clear and passionate book: early childhood education. The evidence is overwhelming. The need is beyond doubt.--Robert B. Reich, author of "Supercapitalism."

Author Biography

David L. Kirp is Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of fourteen books, including Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of Higher Education (Harvard).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Before Schoolp. 1
Small Miraclesp. 15
Life Way After Preschoolp. 50
The Futures Marketp. 76
The Imprimatur of Sciencep. 93
Who Cares for the Children?p. 136
Jump-Starting a Movementp. 153
The Politics of the Un-Dramaticp. 179
English Lessonsp. 226
Kids-First Politicsp. 241
Notesp. 271
Acknowledgmentsp. 317
Indexp. 325
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