Findings and recommendations of the National Task Force on early childhood education for Hispanics

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 53-58

  Garcia, Eugene E ^a   Miller, L Scott ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Education; Hispanic

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549106986     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2008.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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