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Reconsidering Readiness

Should the Spotlight Be on Children or on Schools?

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Part of the book series: Educating the Young Child ((EDYC,volume 4))

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Promoting school readiness continues to be a critical issue worldwide. This chapter provides a rationale for focusing on making schools ready for children rather than making children ready for schools. It describes efforts to link preprimary and primary schools in the United States and Northern Italy to smooth children’s and families’ transitions into the formal educational system. It urges educators to identify and disseminate characteristics of best practices.

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  1. Department of Instruction and Teacher Education, Early Childhood, University of South Carolina, 225 Child Development Research Center, 1530 Wheat Street, 20201, Columbia, SC, USA

    Nancy K. Freeman

  2. Department of Instruction and Teacher Education, Early Childhood, University of South Carolina, 107D Wardlaw College of Education, 820 S. Main Street, 29208, Columbia, SC, USA

    Beth Powers-Costello

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  1. Dept. Professional Studies in Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, South Eleventh Street 570, Indiana, 15705, Pennsylvania, USA

    DeAnna M. Laverick

  2. Studies in Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, College Lodge Rd. 654, Indiana, 15701-4015, Pennsylvania, USA

    Mary Renck Jalongo

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Freeman, N.K., Powers-Costello, B. (2011). Reconsidering Readiness. In: Laverick, D., Renck Jalongo, M. (eds) Transitions to Early Care and Education. Educating the Young Child, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0573-9_12

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