This study evaluates how welcoming thirty American cities--the twenty-five largest and five smaller "hotspots"--are to "nontraditional" problem-solvers and solutions. It assumes that the balky bureaucracies meant to improve K-12 education and hold leaders accountable are so calcified by policies, programs, contracts, and…

Examined the extent to which preschool inclusion practices were evident in diverse communities, and identified the child, maternal, and service-provider characteristics that significantly related to such practices. Found that the paradigm shift away from intensive, segregated educational programs toward fully inclusive, community-based programs…