| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvi, 146 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"MR-1544." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146). |
| Summary |
The Early Childhood Initiative (ECI), launched in Pittsburgh in 1996 to provide high-quality early care and education services to at-risk children, failed to achieve its goals. This report summarizes ECI's organizational history and analyses and explains its critical weaknesses. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- A Brief History of the Early Childhood Initiative -- ECI's Theory of Action -- ECI Services: Demand, Supply, and Incentives -- Explaining ECI's Costs -- Sustainability and the Strategy to Secure State Funding -- Lessons for the Future, Alternative Models, and Public-Policy Implications -- Appendix: ECI Cost Models. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Child care services -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County -- Case studies.
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Child care services. |
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Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Education, Preschool -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County -- Case studies.
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Education, Preschool. |
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Children with social disabilities -- Services for -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County -- Case studies.
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Children with social disabilities -- Services for. |
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Children with social disabilities. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Dembosky, Jacob W.
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Caulkins, Jonathan P. (Jonathan Paul), 1965-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gill, Brian P., 1968- "Noble bet" in early care and education. Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2002 0833031627 (DLC) 2002021366 (OCoLC)49558843 |
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Online version: Gill, Brian P., 1968- "Noble bet" in early care and education. Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2002 (OCoLC)866568685 |
| ISBN |
0833033956 (electronic book) |
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9780833033956 (electronic book) |
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9780833031624 |
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0833031627 |
| Report No. |
RAND/MR-1544-EDU |
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