The long-awaited new edition of NAEYC's book Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs is here, fully revised and updated! Since the firs

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Early childhood education programs are expected to provide exemplary care for all children—poor and affluent, children of color and White children—while als

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