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EJ355124 UD512894
Title: Formal Schooling for Four-Year-Olds? No.Author(s): Zigler, Edward F.
Source: American Psychologist, v42 n3 p254-60 Mar 1987
Publication Date: 1987
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJSEP1987
Considers
the research base and political forces guiding the direction of
the movement toward enrolling four-year-olds in academic programs:
(1) remedial intervention programs for economically disadvantaged
children; (2) need for change in decaying school programs; and (3)
the urgent need for increased day care services. (Author/LHW)
Descriptors: Day Care; Economically Disadvantaged; Educational Needs;
*Preschool Children; *Preschool Education; *Public Policy; *Public
Schools; *Remedial Programs; Young Children
