Getting from here to there: To an ideal early preschool system;Progresando al éxito: Hacia un sistema preescolar ideal

Early Childhood Research and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Gallagher, James J ^a,b,c,d   Clifford, Richard M ^a,e,f,g   Maxwell, Kelly ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Education   (United States)

^d Frank Porter Graham Center ^*  (United States)

^e Natl Ctr Early Devmt and Lrng   (United States)

^f National Prekindergarten Center   (United States)

^g Natl Assoc Educ of Young Children   (United States)

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EID: 4644349904     PISSN: 15245039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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