Crossing borders with head start: Commonalities and differences between head start and early childhood programs in developing countries

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-91

  Britto, Pia Rebello ^a   Gilliam, Walter S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Early childhood development programs; Head start; International comparisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749037209     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.IYC.0000306375.25167.3d     Document Type: Article

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