Testimony of Gina Adams, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute. Before the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Hearing on "Improving Early Childhood Development Policies and Practices"

Autor/in	Adams, Gina
Institution	Urban Institute
Titel	Testimony of Gina Adams, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute. Before the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Hearing on "Improving Early Childhood Development Policies and Practices"
Quelle	(2009), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Early Childhood Education; Young Children; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Hearings; Educational Improvement; Educational Practices; Federal Legislation; Legislators; Child Care; Employed Parents; Family Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Frühe Kindheit; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Bildungspraxis; Bundesrecht; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Familienkrise
Abstract	This paper presents the testimony of Gina Adams before the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Hearing on "Improving Early Childhood Development Policies and Practices." This testimony was presented to the House Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives last March 19, 2009. She talks about how child care and early education settings have turned into a reality for millions of American families with young children today. Many working families must find someone to care for their children while the parents work, and seek a safe nurturing and learning environment for that purpose. And many families, regardless of their work status, seek out early care and education programs as their children approach the kindergarten years because they want to help prepare them for school. As a consequence, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, 12.4 million children younger than 6--or 60 percent of all children--are regularly in the care of someone other than their parents today. In her testimony, the author talks about where children are being cared for, the challenges their families face, and the key policy issues that should be considered to address these problems. (Contains 1 footnote.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Urban Institute. 2100 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20037. Tel: 202-261-5687; Fax: 202-467-5775; Web site: http://www.urban.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10