Time to care : redesigning child care to promote education, support families, and build communities / Joan Lombardi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lombardi, Joan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child care services--United States.

Child care services.

Child care--United States.

Child care.

Early childhood education--United States.

Early childhood education.

Family services--United States.

Family services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this important work, Joan Lombardi, one of Americas foremost experts on child care, shows how our current system is not meeting the needs of America's families and describes a vision for redesigning this system to promote healthy child and youth development. Both as an expert and as a parent, the author guides the reader through the problems that face the current child care system and outlines the possible solutions. Drawing on the most recent innovations from across the country, she offers fresh ideas for improving the quality and availability of child care, both for young children and tho

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Reframing Child Care; 2 Looking Back: Child Care in the United States in the Twentieth Century; 3 A Good Beginning: Redesigning Child Care as Early Education and Family Support; 4 The New Neighborhood: Redefining Education After School; 5 The Caring Community: Rekindling a Commitment to Our Children; 6 Toward Redesigned Child Care: A Call for Investment and Reform; Notes; Index

Notes:

"A Century Foundation book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611093587

9781281093585

1281093580

9781592137749

1592137741

OCLC:

437182584