Teacher education and PK outcomes: Are we asking the right questions?

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Bogard, Kimber ^a   Traylor, Fasaha ^a   Takanishi, Ruby ^a  

^a Foundation for Child Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic outcomes; Classroom quality; Education; K 12; P 16; PK; PK 3; Policy; Pre kindergarten; Teacher education; Teacher preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849014585     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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