A Policy for Quality Childcare

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This paper describes the need for a national system of childcare that is supported and regulated by the U.S. government. The paper describes the very positive effects that quality childcare can have on a child's development as well as the very negative effects that poor childcare or lack of childcare can have on a child's development. The paper then points out that many American children from poor neighborhoods do not have access to the type of childcare that would have a positive influence on their lives and explains the many reasons why they do not have this access. Finally, the paper argues that it is in the best interests of society for the U.S. government to regulate and fund a national system of childcare.

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"There are four significant, interconnected concerns in child-care policy, on which the government can make contributions. One is the adequacy of the supply of "affordable" child care. A second is the proper role of government, if any, in providing or paying for child care. A third is whether the public could afford to have the government provides child care, assuming that such provision was deemed appropriate and desirable. A fourth is the standards of quality that should be mandated by the government for federal or private-sector child-care facilities. The standard literature tends to be scant on all of these topics. A lot of support groups and providers in the U.S. in the last decade have shifted the language used to describe their substantive policy goals and programs to "early childhood education."Some organizations prior to the 1990s, such as the National Association for the Education of Young Children, already had early childhood education and/or early childhood development as part of their general policy board. What is dissimilar is that early childhood education (ECE) has become one of the foundation frames most actors and organizations use to talk about early childhood programs in an effort to point out that quality child care is educational.( Rolnick A, Grunewald R.)"

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