Schools Of The 21st Century » (REV)

Matia Finn-Stevenson, a research scientist at Yale, is director of the School of the 21st Century and associate director of the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University, where Edward Zigler, Sterling Professor of Psychology, is director. Zigler and Finn-Stevenson also coauthored Children in a Changing World: Development and Social Issues (1993). Matia Finn-Stevenson, a research scientist at Yale, is director of the School of the 21st Century and associate director of the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University, where Edward Zigler, Sterling Professor of Psychology, is director. Zigler and Finn-Stevenson also coauthored Children in a Changing World: Development and Social Issues (1993).

An engaging discussion about prekindergarten initiatives, the new roles schools are taking and how they are expanding their traditional mission.

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Argues that the federal government alone cannot address the need for childcare and family support services that, like education, should be addressed locally. Presents the Schools of the 21st Century program as an example of how schools can provide child care outreach services, home visitations, and health and nutrition services, in addition to education. Finn-Stevenson is director of the School of the 21st Century program, and associated director of the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University. Zigler is director of the Bush Center. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)