TY - BOOK N2 - "This volume presents research findings on the effects of early childhood propgrams and practices in the first decade of life and their implications for policy development and reform. The contributors are leading researchers in the multidisciplinary field of human development and in early childhood learning. Effects and cost-effectiveness of the most influential model, state, and federallly-funded programs, policies, and practices are described. These include Head Start, Early Head Start, the WIC Nutrition program, Nurse Family Partnership, and Perry Preschool as well as school reform strategies. The volume provides a unique multidisciplinary approach for understanding and improving interventions, practices, and policies to optimally foster human capital over the life course"-- AB - "This volume presents research findings on the effects of early childhood propgrams and practices in the first decade of life and their implications for policy development and reform. The contributors are leading researchers in the multidisciplinary field of human development and in early childhood learning. Effects and cost-effectiveness of the most influential model, state, and federallly-funded programs, policies, and practices are described. These include Head Start, Early Head Start, the WIC Nutrition program, Nurse Family Partnership, and Perry Preschool as well as school reform strategies. The volume provides a unique multidisciplinary approach for understanding and improving interventions, practices, and policies to optimally foster human capital over the life course"-- T1 - Childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life :a human capital integration / DA - 2010. CY - New York : AU - Reynolds, Arthur J. CN - HV741 CN - HV741 PB - Cambridge University Press, PP - New York : PY - 2010. ID - 347875 KW - Child welfare KW - Children KW - Head Start programs KW - Early childhood education SN - 9780521132336 (pbk.) SN - 0521132339 (pbk.) SN - 9780521198462 SN - 0521198461 TI - Childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life :a human capital integration / ER -