TY - BOOK AU - Karch,Andrew TI - Early start: preschool politics in the United States SN - 9780472118724 AV - LC89 .K365 2013 U1 - 372.210973 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Ann Arbor PB - The University of Michigan Press KW - Education and state KW - United States KW - Early childhood education N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-262) and index; Introduction: the preschool puzzle -- Early childhood policy and the American welfare state -- Historical precedents and forces for change -- A watershed episode: the comprehensive child development act -- Venue shopping, federalism, and the role of the states -- Congressional activity and the dissolving early childhood coalition -- Policy stability and political change in the 1980s -- The congressional heritage of a critical juncture -- The contemporary preschool movement in the states -- Conclusion: the future of preschool politics ER -