America's child care problem
Subtitle: the way out
By: Suzanne W. Helburn and Barbara Bergmann
Contributors: Bergmann, Barbara R.
Edition: 1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781403962119
Subjects: Child care services; Child Day Care Centers; Nursery Schools; Methods; Child Care; Economics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-255) and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1.; title: The problem : what's wrong with child care in America -- -- ch. 2.; title: The question : how could we make child care affordable to all -- -- ch. 3.; title: The design : what should a new child care system look like -- -- ch. 4.; title: The yardstick : what child care deserves to be called "good" -- -- ch. 5.; title: The report card : how much of America's child care is good -- -- ch. 6.; title: The regulations : how much quality control in child care -- -- ch. 7.; title: The marketplace : what is peculiar about the child care industry -- -- ch. 8.; title: The caregivers : how could we improve their lot -- -- ch. 9.; title: The cost : how much would it take to provide affordability and improved quality?