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Description

1. 164 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

1. Educating Young Children in WPA Nursery Schools, the first full-length national study of the WPA nursery school program, helps to explain why universal preschool remains an elusive goal. This book argues that program success in operating nursery schools throughout the United States during the Great Depression was an important New Deal achievement. By highlighting the program's strengths--its ideals, its curriculum, and its community outreach--the author offers a blueprint for creating a universal preschool program that benefits both children and their families. This volume uncovers the forgotten perspective of WPA nursery school leaders and highlights the program's innovative curriculum for young children by incorporating both extensive archival research and neglected sources.

Series statement

1. Routledge research in education

Uniform title

1. Routledge research in education.

Subject

1. Educational change
2. United States > Works Progress Administration
3. Educational change > United States > History
4. EDUCATION > Elementary
5. History
6. United States > Works Progress Administration > History
7. Nursery schools > Political aspects > United States > History

Genre/Form

1. History.

Call number

1. JFE 19-4004

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Arboleda, Molly Quest, author.

Title

1. Educating young children in WPA nursery schools : federally funded early childhood education from 1933-1943 / Molly Quest Arboleda.

Publisher

1. New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Copyright date

1. ©2019

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Routledge research in education
2. Routledge research in education.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

1. 9780815383840 hardcover
2. 0815383843 hardcover

Research call number

1. JFE 19-4004