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UNINA9910829150603321 |
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Autore |
Lombardi Joan |
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Titolo |
Time to care : redesigning child care to promote education, support families, and build communities / / Joan Lombardi |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-09358-0 |
9786611093587 |
1-59213-774-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Child care services - United States |
Child care - United States |
Early childhood education - United States |
Family services - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"A Century Foundation book." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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