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This book examines the critical issues related to providing quality services for young children. The authors tackles these serious social problem with intelligence and clarity, pointing out the action we must take for the sake of our children and our nation.

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This book examines the critical issues related to providing quality services for young children. The authors tackles these serious social problem with intelligence and clarity, pointing out the action we must take for the sake of our children and our nation.
Autorenporträt
SHARON L. KAGAN, senior associate at the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University, is a frequent consultant to national policy makers and is internationally recognized for her work in the early care and education field. NANCY E. COHEN was a research associate at the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University and has examined programs and infrastructure services in early care and education.
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?Reinventing Early Care and Education provides badly neededinsights and solutions to the quality problem in child care andearly education in our nation. Full of specific new ideas, this isessential reading for policy makers and practitioners.? --GovernorRoy Romer, state of Colorado

?The comprehensive approach to improving the qualitative aspects ofearly care and education for children in the United States makesthis volume a must for all who have made children a priority. Theattention given to multicultural perspectives is encouraging and isa positive move toward examining the growing importance of placingthis analysis in a global context. Children the world over needthat which is recommAnded for children in the United States.?--GwAndolyn Calvert Baker, president and CEO, United StatesCommittee for UNICEF

?This seminal volume on the need for a much-improved earlychildhood education system incisively demonstrates that our nationcan do much better in meeting the needs of our youngest children.The book offers a superb synthesis of the latest research andavailable action strategies that should be considered of thehighest priority by America's pivotal institutions.? --David A.Hamburg, M.D., president, Carnegie Corporation of New York

?Because child care will be crucial to the success of state welfarereform efforts, federal funding for child care will almost tripleover the next six years. Unless steps are taken to improve thequality of these services--ensuring quantity with quality--Ibelieve that increased funding is of limited value. The challengeis before us and we cannot afford to fail. Governors, state humanservice administrators, and child care providers will findReinventing Early Care and Education an invaluable resource in thedevelopment of child care that incorporates high quality, earlychildhood education.? --Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum, state ofKansas…mehr