Getting it RIGHT for Young Children from Diverse Backgrounds

Book excerpt: The urgent message of this book is fueled by a convergence of multiple influences: the demographic shifts rippling through rural and urban communities, creating new populations of children and families that require new approaches and strategies the compelling research unveiled during the last two decades that proves scientific evidence of both the need to intervene early and the guidance on how to design effective programs for diverse families and learners; and the ethical obligation to address significant discrepancies in opportunity to learn.