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ERIC Number: EJ656307
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1538-6619
Want Early Childhood Education To Be A Political Priority?...Start Organizing! Public Policy Report.
Edelman, Jonah
Young Children, v57 n2 p75-77 Mar 2002
Contends that strategies commonly used to persuade decisionmakers to direct more resources to early childhood education are not effective. Presents the Stand for Children's strategy, an intensive organizing approach used over the past 3 years in Oregon, Idaho, Tennessee, and Maryland. Describes efforts of Stand for Children to reinstate children's mental health therapists in Oregon and make investments in child care in Idaho. (KB)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Early Childhood Education, Program Descriptions, Public Policy, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Idaho; Oregon; Stand for Children