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November 2004: Starting Young: The case for investment in America's kids, Volume , Issue

You're Doing Fine, Oklahoma!
David L. Kirp
The universal pre-K movement takes off in unlikely places.

Keeping Faith With Our Children
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
Why early-childhood education is the best investment we can make.

Shaping the Brains of Tomorrow
Ross A. Thompson
What developmental science teaches about the importance of investing early in children.

The European Model
Marcia K. Meyers and Janet C. Gornick
In Sweden, parents have a right to 15 months' paid parental leave. Can we have that here?

Raising the Bar
Joan Fitzgerald and Daphne Hunt
We need to reward better-trained child-care and preschool teachers.

Too Young to Test
Richard Rothstein
Why we need a better means of evaluating our nation's youngest children.

Head Start Under Assault
Helen Blank
The administration's misguided plan could dismantle a cherished program.

Leave No Parent Behind
Dick Mendel
The most effective child-development programs work with kids and their parents.

Past, Present, and Future
Barbara Beatty
What we can learn from the history of preschool education.

Where Do We Go From Here?
Valora Washington
How to build a movement on behalf of young children.

Starting Right: What We Owe Children Under Three
Joan Lombardi
Although America has begun to make significant commitments to improve the lives of children, we still have done little for the under-threes.

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