Reinventing Early Care and Education

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