The tragedy of child care in America / Edward Zigler, Katherine Marsland, and Heather Lord.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zigler, Edward, 1930-2019.

Contributor:

Marsland, Katherine W.

Lord, Heather.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child care--Government policy--United States.

Child care.

Child care--Government policy.

Children--Services for--Government policy.

Children--Services for.

United States.

Children--Services for--Government policy--United States.

Children.

Child welfare--Government policy--United States.

Child welfare.

Child welfare--Government policy.

Physical Description:

xvii, 215 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [2009]

Summary:

Why the United States has failed to establish a comprehensive high-quality child care program is the question at the center of this book. Edward Zigler has been intimately involved in this issue since the 1970s, and here he presents a firsthand history of the policy making and politics surrounding this important debate. Good-quality child care supports cognitive, social, and emotional development, school readiness, and academic achievement. This book examines the history of child care policy since 1969, including the inside story of America's one great attempt to create a comprehensive system of child care, its failure, and the lack of subsequent progress. Identifying specific issues that persist today, Zigler and his coauthors conclude with an agenda designed to lead us successfully toward quality care for America's children.

Contents:

The challenge of child care

A golden moment squandered

An American child care policy

Quality and affordability

Infant and toddler child care

Preschool-age child care

School-age child care

Moving forward

Envisioning a solution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-204) and index.

ISBN:

9780300122336

0300122330

OCLC:

318671920