Investing in Early Childhood Development

PART I:THE SCIENCE Building Brain Architecture: A Primer for Policy Makers - Pat Levitt National Scientific Council on the Developing Child: Working Papers - National Scientific Council The Production of Human Development and Health - Alvin R. Tarlov PART II:EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION PROGRAMS Effective Early Childhood Programs: Turning Knowledge into Action - Susan Landry Learning from Others: State Efforts to Expand Services and Build Systems of Early Care and Education - Kristie Kauerz North Carolina's Early Childhood Initiative: The Smart Story and Its Evaluation - Donna Bryant The Texas Plan - Kay M. Albrecht, Kaitlin G. Guthrow, Alvin R. Tarlov, James D. Calaway, Michelle Precourt Debbink, Todd Litton, Carol Shattuck, Karen Johnson, Jason Sabo, Thomas McIntire, James Strickland, Sandi Borden, Nancy Pechacek Hard, Sandra Lamm, Elizabeth Plaster &Shona Neigut PART III:SOCIAL ACTION ANDPUBLIC POLICY ISSUES Interventions to Enhance Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE): Potential, Limitations, and Requirements - Alvin R. Tarlov Demographic and Related Economic Transformations of Texas: Implications for Early Childhood Development and Education - Steve H. Murdock Can Society Profit from Investing in Early Education Programs? - Greg J. Duncan and Katherine Magnuson Financing Early Childhood Care and Education Systems: A Standards-Based Approach - Anne Mitchell and Louise Stoney Communications Research: Framing Messages for Early Childhood Development and Education - Susan Nall Balls