A01=Ann Elizabeth Ramminger
A01=Lucinda G. Heimer
A01=Lucinda Grace Heimer
A02=Katherine K. Delaney
A02=Kristin Whyte
A02=Lacey Peters
A02=Sarah Galanter-Guziewski
Author_Ann Elizabeth Ramminger
Author_Katherine K. Delaney
Author_Kristin Whyte
Author_Lacey Peters
Author_Lucinda G. Heimer
Author_Lucinda Grace Heimer
Author_Sarah Galanter-Guziewski
Category=JNA
Category=JNLA
Collaboration
Collaboration and early childhood education agencies
DAP
Early Childhood Education
early childhood policy Leadership
Early Education History
EC Policy
ECE policy
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Equity
equity and early childhood education
Family Perspectives on Education
Leadership
PreK
Preschool
School Board
School Board and preschool policy
Teaching Profession
Teaching Profession and early childhood
Universal Preschool
UPK
Product details
- ISBN 9780807761267
- Weight: 230g
- Dimensions: 154 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 17 Jan 2020
- Publisher: Teachers' College Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This is a comprehensive, detailed account of the complex state of Universal Preschool (UPK) in the United States. As discussions regarding access, equity, and the societal value of early childhood education enter into the public forum, this book offers critical perspectives for next steps. The authors join the synergy of wonder to the practicality of wisdom to navigate complicated systems of power, relationships, and discourse. Cross-sector efforts to address planning and implementation of UPK are examined while acknowledging the current inequitable nature of the field. The book is a cautionary tale that includes historical and current vignettes showing that some issues in UPK collaboratives are constant across time. To bring the discussion alive, a variety of stakeholder perspectives offer insights into the "why" behind policy decisions. Reshaping Universal Preschool will help stakeholders explore, reflect, and apply lessons learned to existing or potential UPK collaborative efforts.
Book Features:
- Honors and illustrates perspectives from the participants—families, teachers, support staff, administrators, researchers, and policymakers.
- Considers the complicated nature of perceived power among stakeholders.
- Offers pragmatic suggestions to consider while engaging in policy changes that affect early childhood practice.
- Provides insight on collaborative practices building up from early education to the larger educational context.
- Contains reflective questions to help readers apply the research and concepts to their own practice, situation, and communities.
Lucinda G. Heimer is associate professor and program coordinator for the dual licensure program in early childhood education special education at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. Ann Elizabeth Ramminger is founder of Early Childhood Solutions Consulting based out of central Massachusetts. With contributions by Katherine K. Delaney, Sarah Galanter-Guziewski, Lacey Peters, and Kristin Whyte.
