{"product_id":"9780807775639","title":"When Pre-K Comes to School: Policy, Partnerships, and the Early Childhood Education Workforce","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen Pre-K Comes to School\u003c\/em\u003e traces what happens—for institutions and teachers—when a school district and community ECE centers partner to provide public pre-K. Wilinski examines policy implementation across diverse sites—a private part-day preschool, a corporate childcare center, and a public elementary school. She demonstrates how pre-K partnerships create opportunities but also considerable constraints for the institutions and teachers involved. Though teachers are required to comply with the same policy mandates, their compensation and access to resources varies greatly. This book calls for policies and practices that will work better for teachers, which, in turn, will work better for children. The book’s unique, insider perspective on how policy is actually enacted in schools provides important insight into what communities and policymakers should consider when creating pre-K policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn in-depth examination of teachers’ work across settings and situated within a changing, broader policy context.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvidence that public pre-K partnerships have serious and sometimes negative consequences for teachers and institutions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA focus on the experience of teachers who are critical to the success of pre-K.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterviews with pre-K teachers and state policymakers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecommendations for pre-K policy that is more beneficial to teachers, institutions, and families.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Absolutely essential and mind-shifting reading for those crafting prekindergarten policies and programs.”\u003cbr\u003e—From the Foreword by \u003cstrong\u003eSharon Lynn Kagan, \u003c\/strong\u003eTeachers College, Columbia University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123723092208,"sku":"9780807775639","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807775639_p0.jpg?v=1763738856","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807775639","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}