{"product_id":"on-the-road-to-high-quality-marjorie-e-wechsler-9780807759387","title":"On the Road to High-Quality Early Learning: Changing Children's Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis timely book will help policymakers and practitioners convert their visions of high-quality early education into on-the-ground reality by providing a much-needed, richly detailed look at how states can design, fund, and manage exemplary programs. The authors describe and analyze how four states--Michigan, West Virginia, Washington, and North Carolina--have built early education systems that positively affect student outcomes. Sharing a commitment to advancing key elements of a quality preschool education, each of the states developed programs with different enrollment requirements, services, and oversight. All of them, however, rely on common overarching strategies, such as: establishing standards and supporting improvement, investing in knowledgeable educators, coordinating and aligning early education programs with elementary school, seeking sufficient funding sources and mechanisms, and building broad-based support. This book offers powerful lessons for anyone who is committed to delivering engaging, age-appropriate preschool programs for all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Features: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a comprehensive examination of how states can build high-quality early education systems, and what that looks like at the local level. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAddresses both the design and implementation of early education programs that can foster gains in school readiness and other long-term benefits.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentifies the themes that can guide program development and expansion at all levels and across diverse contexts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how well-crafted local policy and skilled management sustain good classroom practice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows how to effectively manage early education programs and create linkages among the broad array of state agencies supporting children and families.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmphasizes the central role that teachers play in changing children's lives and helps teachers understand why they are expected to follow certain practices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marjorie E. Wechsler,David L. Kirp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807759384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807759387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Teachers College Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Marjorie E. Wechsler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441356353791,"sku":"9780807759387","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_51cca7db-7d1e-4faf-952a-b5380ef2c4ac.jpg?v=1777190374","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-road-to-high-quality-marjorie-e-wechsler-9780807759387","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}