Securing the Future : Investing in Children From Birth to College /

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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.

Détails bibliographiques
Autres auteurs: Waldfogel, Jane, Danziger, Sheldon
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2000.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Entwicklung
Aufsatzsammlung
Erziehung
Kind
Youth > Social conditions.
Youth > Government policy.
Children > Social conditions.
Children > Government policy.
Child welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Jeunesse > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Jeunesse > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Enfants > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Youth > Government policy > United States.
Youth > United States > Social conditions.
Children > Government policy > United States.
Children > United States > Social conditions.
Child welfare > United States.
USA
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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