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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zigler, Edward, 1930-

Contributor:

Marsland, Katherine.

Lord, Heather.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Children.

Child welfare--Government policy--United States.

Child welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xvii, 215 p.))

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

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 1970's, 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:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

1. The Challenge of Child Care

2. A Golden Moment Squandered

3. An American Child Care Policy

4. Quality and Affordability

5. Infant and Toddler Child Care

6. Preschool-Age Child Care

7. School-Age Child Care

8. Moving Forward

9. Envisioning a Solution

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-43759-3

9786612437595

0-300-15626-X

OCLC:

609890854