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Race To The Bottom: The United State's Early Childhood Education Issue, Elizabeth Dalton Jun 2017

Race To The Bottom: The United State's Early Childhood Education Issue, Elizabeth Dalton

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Since the 1990's there has been a large push for universal early childhood education in the United States as other countries have started to create their own programs. Administrators and policymakers in power have realized the impact of early childhood education on the future lives of children. In my paper I do a historical comparative analysis on Head Start and the push for universal preschool in the states and abroad. I do this by looking at why Head Start was needed the process to make it a staple in American society and the impacts. I move on to look at …