Why curriculum matters in early childhood education

Educational Leadership

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 57-60

  Schweinhart, Lawrence J ^a   Weikart, David P ^a  

^a High Scope Educ Researh Foundation   (United States)

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