Child Care and Early Education for Infants and Toddlers

Autor/inn/en	Chaudry, Ajay; Sandstrom, Heather
Titel	Child Care and Early Education for Infants and Toddlers
Quelle	In: Future of Children, 30 (2020) 2, S.165-190 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1054-8289
Schlagwörter	Infants; Toddlers; Child Care; Preschool Education; Barriers; Educational Quality; Costs; Employed Parents; Child Development; Access to Education; Low Income Groups; Tax Credits; Early Intervention; Family Income; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Supply and Demand; Block Grants; Federal Aid; Family Programs; Welfare Services; Federal Programs; Foreign Countries; Measurement Techniques; Teacher Competencies; Certification; Well Being; Family (Sociological Unit); Public Policy; France; Germany; Japan; South Korea; United Kingdom; United States; Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Cost; Kosten; Kindesentwicklung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Steuerermäßigung; Familieneinkommen; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Bedarfsplanung; Family program; Familienprogramm; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Ausland; Messtechnik; Lehrkunst; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Familie; Öffentliche Ordnung; Frankreich; Deutschland; Korea; Republik; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	In this article, Ajay Chaudry and Heather Sandstrom review research on child care and early education for children under age three. They describe the array of early care and education arrangements families use for infants and toddlers; how these patterns have changed in recent decades; and differences by family socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity. Chaudry and Sandstrom note that families face many challenges both in getting access to child care and in finding care of more than mediocre quality. These challenges include limited supply and limited affordability relative to the needs of working parents and those pursuing education. Other challenges are based on families' and children's circumstances; for example, parents may work nontraditional or variable hours, or children may have special developmental needs. Although experts agree that the quality of children's care is important for their learning and development, the authors write, there is no consensus on how to best measure quality and what factors are most important. They review what we know about the quality of infant and toddler child care in the United States, why child care quality matters for children's learning and development, and how the federal government as well as the states are trying to improve child care quality. Chaudry and Sandstrom also examine the major public programs that support early care and education, primarily for children in low-income families--child care subsidies, tax credits, and the Early Head Start program. Overall, they note, the United States' public investment in quality child care and early education is relatively minimal, though bold proposals to bolster that investment are now on the table (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and The Brookings Institution. 267 Wallace Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. Tel: 609-258-6979; e-mail: FOC@princeton.edu; Web site: https://futureofchildren.princeton.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01