Textbook Author Comments on Hillocks

Abstract

larger system. We have stated that our purpose is to stimulate discussion. In conclusion we offer some additional questions to consider in reading the Berk and Berson response. 1. Is the "extension of public schooling downward to include the very early childhood years" the same as having good child-care services for young children? How will the public schools accommodate to the other-than-educational aspects of early childhood programs? 2. If Head Start and day care are not acceptable as they exist, then why project program costs based on their budgets? What would the cost of a day-care program under public school auspices be? 3. Is proximity to children a valid criterion for determining whether schools would provide a variety of supportive services? 4. How will schools that have for generations excluded parents from participation in educational program planning reverse that trend?