Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Federal Funds for Day Care Projects
Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Federal Funds for Day Care Projects
Author: Women's BureauTransforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309324882
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.
Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309470439
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
High-quality early care and education for children from birth to kindergarten entry is critical to positive child development and has the potential to generate economic returns, which benefit not only children and their families but society at large. Despite the great promise of early care and education, it has been financed in such a way that high-quality early care and education have only been available to a fraction of the families needing and desiring it and does little to further develop the early-care-and-education (ECE) workforce. It is neither sustainable nor adequate to provide the quality of care and learning that children and families needâ€"a shortfall that further perpetuates and drives inequality. Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education outlines a framework for a funding strategy that will provide reliable, accessible high-quality early care and education for young children from birth to kindergarten entry, including a highly qualified and adequately compensated workforce that is consistent with the vision outlined in the 2015 report, Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation. The recommendations of this report are based on essential features of child development and early learning, and on principles for high-quality professional practice at the levels of individual practitioners, practice environments, leadership, systems, policies, and resource allocation.
Economics of Child Care
Author: David M. BlauPublisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 1610440609
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
"David Blau has chosen seven economists to write chapters that review the emerging economic literature on the supply of child care, parental demand for care, child care cost and quality, and to discuss the implications of these analyses for public policy. The book succeeds in presenting that research in understandable terms to policy makers and serves economists as a useful review of the child care literature....provides an excellent case study of the value of economic analysis of public policy issues." —Arleen Leibowitz, Journal of Economic Literature "There is no doubt this is a timely book....The authors of this volume have succeeded in presenting the economic material in a nontechnical manner that makes this book an excellent introduction to the role of economics in public policy analysis, and specifically child care policy....the most comprehensive introduction currently available." —Cori Rattelman, Industrial and Labor Relations Review
"Day Care Facts."
Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Day care centers
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
For many years the Women's Bureau has been advocating that more child care facilities be made available for all who need them. We continue to work toward closing the gap between need and availability. The need for child care will continue to increase in the decade ahead because of: a growing number of children aged 5 and younger; the accelerating trend in employment of mothers; increased emphasis on providing child care services for welfare mothers who desire to work; widespread awareness that a child's early years are of crucial importance to his or her future. We have updated "Day Care Facts" to highlight the need, as well as review some existing programs, public and private. It is hoped that this pamphlet will encourage many more individuals and groups to join in our efforts to meet the great need for day care for children of working mothers and all others who can benefit from such programs.
Child Care for Low-income Families
Author: Deborah PhillipsPublisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Child care
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Day Care Facts
Author: Beatrice RosenbergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Day care centers
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Author: Women's Bureau
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