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ERIC Number: EJ342555
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Early Childhood Development Programs: A Public Investment Opportunity.
Schweinhart, Lawrence J.; Weikart, David P.
Educational Leadership, v44 n3 p4-12 Nov 1986
Summarizes the benefits of early childhood education programs offering new hope to disadvantaged children and long-range savings to taxpayers. Reviews major issues concerning public preschool education, including funding, eligibility, need for high quality programs with a child development emphasis, adequate staffing, and appropriate child and family services. Includes 29 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Development, Cost Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Benefits, Family Programs, Financial Support, Outcomes of Education, Preschool Education, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners; Policymakers; Researchers
Language: English
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Note: For related articles, see EA 520 495-498 (this issue).