America's child care problem
Subtitle: the way out
By: Suzanne W. Helburn and Barbara R. Bergmann.
Contributors: Bergmann, Barbara R.
Edition: 1st Palgrave ed.
Publisher: Palgrave for St. Martin's Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Child care services -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-255) and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1. The; title: problem : what's wrong with child care in America -- -- ch. 2. The; title: question : how could we make child care affordable to all -- -- ch. 3. The; title: design : what should a new child care system look like -- -- ch. 4. The; title: yardstick : what child care deserves to be called "good" -- -- ch. 5. The; title: report card : how much of America's child care is good -- -- ch. 6. The; title: regulations : how much quality control in child care -- -- ch. 7. The; title: marketplace : what is peculiar about the child care industry -- -- ch. 8. The; title: caregivers : how could we improve their lot -- -- ch. 9. The; title: cost : how much would it take to provide affordability and improved quality.