No Longer Welcome, Katherine M. Zinsser
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No Longer Welcome
The Epidemic of Expulsion from Early Childhood Education

Author: Katherine M. Zinsser

Narrator: Brenda Scott Wlazlo

Unabridged: 7 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/20/2022


Synopsis

For over fifteen years, researchers have described a crisis in our nations' early learning classrooms. Hundreds of children are expelled from childcare and preschool every day; a rate nearly three times that of kindergarten-twelfth grade students. Each child's expulsion is symptomatic of a larger crisis—an overburdened, underfunded, undervalued, and fragmented early education system. In early childhood, expulsion is the result of a series of adult decisions made within constrained contexts and at times blind to downstream consequences: exhausted and underpaid teachers deciding how to expend their limited attention and energy in a chaotic classroom; administrators on razor-thin budgets deciding among hiring additional personnel, providing high-quality training, or investing in adequate classroom resources; fragmented state agencies separately deciding on standards and policies and allocating funds for early intervention and consultation services. By examining these complex causes, No Longer Welcome starts a critical conversation between and across sectors of the early childhood field. Drawing on her research and interviews with teachers, program administrators, parents, and policymakers, Dr. Zinsser presents the listener with a rich description of the myriad of factors contributing to the expulsion crisis.

Author Bio

Dr. Katherine Zinsser is an associate professor of community & prevention research in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She received her PhD in applied developmental psychology from George Mason University and her BA from Smith College. She studies classroom interactions, supports, and policies that impact young children's emotional well-being and the well-being of the professionals who care for them. Her work has been funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Spencer Foundation, the American Psychological Association's Society for Community Research and Action, the Foundation of Child Development, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. At the University of Illinois at Chicago, her research team (www.setllab.com) conducts action research in collaboration with community stakeholders and practitioners.

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