Invest in Early Childhood Education

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Cahan Emily D. Past Caring: A History of U.S. Preschool Care and Education for the Poor, 1820–1965 . New York: National Center for Children in Poverty 1989.

Cohen Abby J. “A Brief History of Federal Financing for Child Care in the United States.” The Future of Children 6, no. 2 (1996): 26–40.