Securing the Future : Investing in Children From Birth to College /
Pediatric, psychological, social, and economic factors are examined in light of helping children, especially children from disadvantaged backgrounds, become well-adjusted productive members of society.
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New York :
Russell Sage Foundation,
2000.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword / Melvin L. Oliver.
- Investing in children : what do we know? Sheldon Danziger and Jane Waldfogel.
- PART I. BACKGROUND
- Trends in and consequences of investments in children / Lisa M. Lynch.
- Rethinking education and training policy : understanding the sources of skill formation in a modern economy / James J. Heckman and Lance Lochner.
- PART II. EARLY CHILDHOOD
- Pathways to early child health and development / Barry Zuckerman and Robert Kahn.
- Early childhood experiences and developmental competence / Sharon Landesman Ramey and Craig T. Ramey
- PART III. SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
- Schooling's influences on motivation and achievement / Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Allan Wigfield
- Promoting positive outcomes for youth : resourceful families and communities / Margaret Beale Spencer and Dena Phillips Swanson
- Neighborhood context of investing in children : facilitating mechanism and undermining risks / Robert J. Sampson
- PART IV. TRANSITIONS FROM SCHOOL TO YOUNG ADULTHOOD
- Transition from school to work : is there a crisis? what can be done? / Debra Donahoe and Marta Tienda
- New directions in job training strategies for the disadvantaged / Hillard Pouncy
- Who is getting a college education? family background and the growing gaps in enrollment / David T. Ellwood and Thomas J. Kane.