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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450576303321

Autore

Lombardi Joan

Titolo

Time To Care [[electronic resource] ] : Redesigning Child Care To Promote Education

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-09358-0

9786611093587

1-59213-774-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

362.71/2/0973

362.7120973

Soggetti

Child care

Child care services

Early childhood education

Family services

United States

Child & Youth Development

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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