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Author:   Dan Wuori ,  Dana Suskind
Publisher:   Teachers' College Press
Imprint:   Teachers' College Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.204kg
ISBN:  

9780807786482

ISBN 10:   0807786489
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   28 October 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents Foreword by Dana Suskind  ix Acknowledgments  xi 1.  Daycare Doesn’t Exist  1 A Crisis of Understanding  4 The Bipartisan Blueprint for Change  13 2.  Something for Everyone: The Bipartisan Case for Early Childhood Investment  19 The Long-Term Economic Case for Investment in Young Children  20 The Short-Term Economic Case for Investment in Young Children  26 The Bipartisan Blueprint for Change  36 3.  America’s Failing Child Care Market  41 Child Care as a Broken Economic Market  42 The Bipartisan Blueprint for Change  59 4.  How Not to Solve the Child Care Crisis: Imperfect Solutions and Policy Pitfalls  67 Public Policy Pitfalls  68 The Bipartisan Blueprint for Change  82 5.  A Wholesale Transformation of America’s Early Childhood Landscape  87 The Current Early Childhood Policy Pyramid  88 The New Early Childhood Policy Pyramid  91 Promising Practices in the States  96 Appendix A: Interpreting Claims About Early Childhood Research  103 Appendix B: Reaching Out to Your Elected Leaders: A How-To for Parents and Professionals  105 References  113 Index  121 About the Author  125

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Dan Wuori is founder and president of Early Childhood Policy Solutions LLC. He serves as a strategic advisor on early childhood at The Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation and was the founding director of early learning at The Hunt Institute in Cary, North Carolina. He is a former kindergarten teacher, school district administrator, and state agency administrator.

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