Books by Edward Zigler

This book examines the Independence School District's adoption of Edward Zigler's School of the 21st Century education model. This is a story of what schools can achieve when administrators, principals, teachers, staff - and partners such as local nonprofit and faith-based organizations - unite in commitments to best serve their community, and take bold steps to make it happen.

Understanding Mental Retardation constitutes a guide to research and theory for specialists and students alike. Throughout, Edward Zigler and Robert M. Hodapp draw on our knowledge of normal development to inform their discussion of various aspects of retardation.

Zigler, who has been a consultant to every administration since he helped found Head Start in the sixties, tells the behind-the-scenes story of the program's rocky course, from its beginnings as Project Rush-Rush" to today.