03067nam 22007213u 450 991078425140332120230207225500.01-281-09358-097866110935871-59213-774-1(CKB)1000000000339881(EBL)298899(OCoLC)437182584(SSID)ssj0000259493(PQKBManifestationID)11237941(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259493(PQKBWorkID)10276629(PQKB)10821256(MiAaPQ)EBC298899(EXLCZ)99100000000033988120131216d2008|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrTime To Care[electronic resource] Redesigning Child Care To Promote EducationPhiladelphia Temple University Press20081 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59213-008-9 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; IndexIn 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 thoChild careChild care servicesChild careEarly childhood educationEarly childhood educationFamily servicesUnited StatesChild & Youth DevelopmentHILCCSocial Welfare & Social WorkHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCChild care.Child care services.Child care.Early childhood education.Early childhood education.Family services.United States.Child & Youth DevelopmentSocial Welfare & Social WorkSocial Sciences362.71/2/0973362.7120973Lombardi Joan1539385AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910784251403321Time To Care3790282UNINA