Universal Preschool's Promise: Success in Early Childhood and Beyond

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 169-173

  Lasser, Jon ^a   Fite, Kathleen ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Early childhood; Public policy; Teacher training; Universal preschool

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960582913     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-011-0449-x     Document Type: Editorial

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