The silent crisis in U.S. child care
By: Alan W. Heston, ed. ; Neil A. Weiner, ass't ed. ; special ed. of this vol. Suzanne W. Helburn
Contributors: Heston, Alan W; Weiner, Neil Alan; Helburn, Suzanne W. 1930-; American Academy of Political and Social Science
Series: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science -- v. 563
Publisher: Sage Periodicals Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks [Calif.]; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Child care -- United States; Day care centers -- United States; Early childhood education -- United States; Child development -- United States
Notes: "May 1999"--cover and t. p

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: value: Preface / Suzanne W. Helburn; value: Child care, maternal employment, and public policy / Sandra L. Hofferth; value: Defining and assessing early childhood program quality / Debbt Cryer; value: The Kellogg Child Development Center : high-quality child care / Lorna Kellogg; value: Child care experiences and developmental outcomes / Margaret E. Burchinal; value: Families and child care : divergent viewpoints / Susan D. Holloway and Bruce Fuller; value: Regulating child care quality / William Gormley, Jr.; value: Market constraints on child care quality / John R. Morris; value: Child care workers : high demand, low wages / Marcy Whitebook; value: Hiring a nanny : the limits of private solutions to public problems / Julia Wrigley; value: Current trends in European early child care and education / Wolfgamg Tietze and Debbt Cryer; value: Who should pay for the kids? / Paula England and Nancy Folbre; value: Making child care "affordable" in the United States / Barbara R. Bergmann