A Brighter Future: Solutions to Policy Issues Affecting America's Children.

Sonst. Personen	McQuillan, Lawrence J. (Hrsg.)
Titel	A Brighter Future: Solutions to Policy Issues Affecting America's Children.
Quelle	(2003), (96 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adoption; Child Welfare; Children; Debt (Financial); Drug Therapy; Early Childhood Education; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Environmental Education; Family Income; Foster Care; Home Visits; Juvenile Courts; Low Income Groups; Philanthropic Foundations; Privacy; Public Policy; Taxes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindeswohl; Child; Kind; Kinder; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Familieneinkommen; Pflegehilfe; Hausbesuch; Juvenile court; Jugendgericht; Philanthropismus; Privatsphäre; Öffentliche Ordnung; Abgabe
Abstract	This collection of papers explains why deep reforms are necessary if today's children are to reach their full potential as productive, independent, and responsible adults. The papers are: (1) "Orphanages as Villages" (Richard B. McKenzie); (2) "Medicating Children" (Linda Gorman); (3) "Government Drug Pushers and the Ritalin Controversy" (Shelley P. Avery); (4) "How Real are Environmental Health Risks to Children?" (Kenneth W. Chilton); (5) "How the Green Curriculum Misleads Children" (Jane S. Shaw); (6) "How Privacy Policies Affect Children" (7) "Why Universal Preschool Will Not Help Children" (Darcy Ann Olsen); (8) "Private Philanthropy and the Education of Low-Income Children" (Thomas C. Dawson); (9) "Helping Children by Reforming America's Family Court Systems" (Doug Bandow); (10) "Adopting Solutions" (Charmaine Crouse Yoest); (11) "What Lawmakers Need to Know about Family Preservation Policies" (Laura Anne Dykes); (12) "Are Home-Visitation Programs Good for Children?" (Stanley Watson); (13) "Taxing Times for American Families" (Lawrence J. McQuillan); and (14) "The Children's Burden: Generational Accounting" (Laurence Kotlikoff). (Contains 16 tables.) (SM)
Anmerkungen	Pacific Research Institute, 755 Sansome Street, Suite 450, San Francisco, CA 94111. Tel: 415-989-0833; e-mail: pripp@pacificresearch.org; Web site: www.pacificresearch.org.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC