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1 online resource (1 PDF file (ix, 302 pages)) : illustrations. |
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monochrome |
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text file |
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A consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
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Consensus study report.
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
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 need--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. |
| Funding |
This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Alliance for Early Success (G-1605-01115); the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1153016); the Buffett Early Childhood Fund; the Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood (10002673); the Foundation for Child Development (NAS-02-2016); the Heising-Simons Foundation (2016-210); the Kresge Foundation (R-1604-259389); the U.S. Department of Education (ED-ESE-16-C-0018); the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (HHSP233201400020B, Order No. HHSP23337046); and with additional support from the Bruce Alberts Fund, the Cecil and Ida Green Fund, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Fund (P3034414). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project. |
| Contents |
Summary -- Introduction -- Landscape of early care and education financing -- Current financing for early care and education : financing a highly qualified workforce (Principle 1) -- Current financing for early care and education affordability and equitable access (Principle 2) -- Current financing for early care and education : ensuring high quality across settings -- Estimating the cost of high-quality early care and education -- A vision for financing early care and education -- References -- Appendix |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Early childhood education -- United States -- Finance.
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Early childhood education. |
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United States. |
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Finance. |
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Child care -- United States -- Finance.
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Child care. |
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Federal aid to child development -- United States.
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Federal aid to child development. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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Technical reports.
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Technical reports.
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| Added Author |
Allen, LaRue, 1950- editor.
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Backes, Emily P., editor.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Financing Early Care and Education with a Highly Qualified Workforce, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9780309470438 |
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0309470439 |
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9780309470407 |
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0309470404 |
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