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ERIC Number: EJ471378
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Issues in Education: Is Our Two-Tiered System of Early Child Care and Education Fair?
O'Brien, Leigh M.
Childhood Education, v70 n1 p2-3 Fall 1993
Discusses the inherent inequalities of the child-care and education system in the United States, in which the middle and upper classes have access to well-funded private and community institutions, while the lower class has to make do with substandard and compensatory programs, such as Head Start, which are often poorly funded. (MDM)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Children, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Discrimination, Equal Education, Socioeconomic Influences
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Equal Access; Fairness; Project Head Start