{"product_id":"improving-the-odds-for-americas-kathleen-mccartney-9781612506890","title":"Improving the Odds for America's Children: Future Directions in Policy and Practice","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/b\u003e 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 consider and undertake if we are to better serve American children. \u003cbr\u003eAn invaluable survey of the conditions facing American youth--and a call to action at the local, state, and national levels--\u003ci\u003eImproving the Odds for America's Children\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent, informative, and inspired volume that addresses shortcomings and challenges we cannot afford to ignore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors include Sara Rosenbaum, Partow Zomorrodian, Jack P. Shonkoff, Joan Lombardi, Deborah Jewell- Sherman, Jal Mehta, Robert B. Schwartz, Jerry D. Weast, Greg J. Duncan, Richard J. Murnane, Michael S. Wald, Jane Waldfogel, Robert G. Schwartz, Laurence Steinberg, Arloc Sherman, Robert Greenstein, Sharon Parrott, and Eric Dearing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen McCartney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1612506895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612506890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Education PR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 672","brand":"Kathleen McCartney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48136827699455,"sku":"9781612506890","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7f6e56c-bc10-432d-ac8d-bbb88a38b20a.jpg?v=1770164790","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/improving-the-odds-for-americas-kathleen-mccartney-9781612506890","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}