Head Start is the largest early childhood education program in the US. Echoing patterns emerging in ECE world-wide, Head Start has dramatically changed. Greater emphasis is now placed on kindergarten readiness, child and teacher assessment, professionalization, and increased competition for program funding. Drawing on a mixed methods research design, a case study was conducted that explores the nature and effects of these changes on teachers and the work of teaching within Head Start. Strong evidence of work intensification was found, a topic little explored within the wider ECE literature. In the light of this finding the authors question the model of professionalism that now dominates ECE reform. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
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Bullough, R. V., Hall-Kenyon, K. M., MacKay, K. L., & Marshall, E. E. (2014). Head start and the intensification of teaching in early childhood education. Teaching and Teacher Education, 37, 55–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2013.09.006
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