Early education: Progress and promise for children from low-income families

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1186-1198

  Magnuson, Katherine ^a   Shager, Hilary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood education; Low income families

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955094490     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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