Investing in Early Childhood Development

I. The Science

1. Building Brain Architecture and Chemistry: A Primer for Policymakers
Pat Levitt

2. Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships
Alvin R. Tarlov

3. The Coproduction of Human Development and Health
Alvin R. Tarlov

II. Early Childhood Intervention Programs

4. Effective Early Childhood Programs: Turning Knowledge Into Action
Susan Landry

5. Learning from Others: State Efforts to Expand Services and Build Systems of Early Care and Education
Kristie Kauerz

6. North Carolina’s Early Childhood Initiative: The Smart Start Story and Its Evaluation
Donna Bryant

7. The Texas Plan
Kay M. Albrecht, Kaitlin G. Guthrow, Alvin R. Tarlov

III. Social Action and Public Policy Issues

8. Demographic and Related Economic Transformations of Texas: Implications for Early Childhood Development and Education
Steve H. Murdock, Stephen L. Klineberg

9. Can Society Profit from Investing in Early Education Programs?
Greg J. Duncan, Katherine Magnuson

10. Financing Early Childhood Care and Education Systems: A Standards-Based Approach
Anne Mitchell, Louise Stoney

11. The Framing of Early Child Development and Education: Lessons from Communications Research
Susan Nall Bales

Avainsanat: Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Education Policy, Sociology of Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Childhood Education, Philosophy of Education