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The states of child care: building a better system
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Publisher
Teachers College Press
Publication Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book
Foreword / Marcy Whitebook
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Plea for Real Systems Change
Context: The Obvious (and the Not-So-Obvious)
Child Care: A Definitional Conundrum
Maternal Workforce Participation: A Love-Hate Thing
Child Care: Research Traditions and Policy Alignment
Glimmers of Hope
1. The Context of U.S. Child Care
Traditions in U.S. Policy for Nonparental Care of Children
Funding Sources
Characteristics of Families with Children in Non-Parental Care
2. The Public Face of Child Care: What's in a Name?
Historical Roots of Definitional Ambiguity and System Diversification
Today's Child Care Market
Examination of Child Care Program Names
Overall Conclusions
3. The Private Face: Dialogues About Women and Work
Historical Context for Public Discourse on Maternal Employment
The Voices of Employed Mothers and Child Care Workers
Conditions That Surround Women's and Mothers' Employment
Societal Ambivalence Toward Maternal Employment and Child Care
Conclusions
4. How Precious Are the Early Years? The Quest for Child Outcomes
Background: Ways of Knowing
Nonmaternal Care and Child Development
Quality in Child Care
How Precious Are the Early Years?
5. A Shining Star: North Carolina's Early Childhood System / Joanna Lower
Investigating the North Carolina System
Eras of Early Childhood in North Carolina
Characteristics of North Carolina's Early Childhood System
6. It's Time for New Approaches
Recommendation 1. Resolve Fragmentation with Integration
Recommendation 2 Replace Ambivalence with Workforce Development
Recommendation 3 Remember Our Audience
Appendix A. Child Care Program Names: Study Methodology
Appendix B. Employed Mothers and Child Care Workers: Focus Group Research Methodology
Appendix C. Demographic Characteristics of Focus Group Participants
Appendix D. North Carolina Discussion Group Participants and Discussion Guide
References
Index
About the Author
From the Book
Foreword / Marcy Whitebook
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Plea for Real Systems Change
Context: The Obvious (and the Not-So-Obvious)
Child Care: A Definitional Conundrum
Maternal Workforce Participation: A Love-Hate Thing
Child Care: Research Traditions and Policy Alignment
Glimmers of Hope
1. The Context of U.S. Child Care
Traditions in U.S. Policy for Nonparental Care of Children
Funding Sources
Characteristics of Families with Children in Non-Parental Care
2. The Public Face of Child Care: What's in a Name?
Historical Roots of Definitional Ambiguity and System Diversification
Today's Child Care Market
Examination of Child Care Program Names
Overall Conclusions
3. The Private Face: Dialogues About Women and Work
Historical Context for Public Discourse on Maternal Employment
The Voices of Employed Mothers and Child Care Workers
Conditions That Surround Women's and Mothers' Employment
Societal Ambivalence Toward Maternal Employment and Child Care
Conclusions
4. How Precious Are the Early Years? The Quest for Child Outcomes
Background: Ways of Knowing
Nonmaternal Care and Child Development
Quality in Child Care
How Precious Are the Early Years?
5. A Shining Star: North Carolina's Early Childhood System / Joanna Lower
Investigating the North Carolina System
Eras of Early Childhood in North Carolina
Characteristics of North Carolina's Early Childhood System
6. It's Time for New Approaches
Recommendation 1. Resolve Fragmentation with Integration
Recommendation 2 Replace Ambivalence with Workforce Development
Recommendation 3 Remember Our Audience
Appendix A. Child Care Program Names: Study Methodology
Appendix B. Employed Mothers and Child Care Workers: Focus Group Research Methodology
Appendix C. Demographic Characteristics of Focus Group Participants
Appendix D. North Carolina Discussion Group Participants and Discussion Guide
References
Index
About the Author
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9780807754740
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