An Equal Start?: Providing Quality Early Education and Care for Disadvantaged Children

doi:10.46692/9781447310532

In this book, leading experts examine how early education and care is organised and funded in eight different countries. Bringing together recent evidence, the book provides rich insights on how policies work in practice, and the extent to which they help or hinder the provision of high quality education and care.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of figures, tables and appendices
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Acknowledgements
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Notes on contributors
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one - Introduction
pp 1-28
- By Ludovica Gambaro, Kitty Stewart, Jane Waldfogel
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two - Equal access to early childhood education and care? The case of the UK
pp 29-52
- By Ludovica Gambaro, Kitty Stewart, Jane Waldfogel
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three - Towards universal quality early childhood education and care: The Norwegian model
pp 53-76
- By Anne Lise Ellingsæter
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four - Equal access to quality care: Lessons from France on providing high-quality and affordable early childhood education and care
pp 77-100
- By Jeanne Fagnani
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five - Equal access to high-quality childcare in the Netherlands
pp 101-120
- By Yusuf Emre Akgündüz, Janneke Plantenga
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six - Access and quality issues in early childhood education and care: The case of Germany
pp 121-146
- By Pamela Oberhuemer
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seven - New Zealand: A narrative of shifting policy directions for early childhood education and care
pp 147-170
- By Helen May
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eight - Early education and care in Australia: Equity in a mixed market-based system?
pp 171-192
- By Deborah Brennan, Marianne Fenech
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nine - Delivering high-quality early childhood education and care to low-income children: How well is the US doing?
pp 193-218
- By Katherine Magnuson, Jane Waldfogel
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ten - Common challenges, lessons for policy
pp 219-244
- By Kitty Stewart, Ludovica Gambaro, Jane Waldfogel, Jill Rutter
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Index
pp 245-254
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Providing Quality Early Education and Care for Disadvantaged Children

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

List of figures, tables and appendices
pp v-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-x

Notes on contributors
pp xi-xiv

one - Introduction
pp 1-28

two - Equal access to early childhood education and care? The case of the UK
pp 29-52

three - Towards universal quality early childhood education and care: The Norwegian model
pp 53-76

four - Equal access to quality care: Lessons from France on providing high-quality and affordable early childhood education and care
pp 77-100

five - Equal access to high-quality childcare in the Netherlands
pp 101-120

six - Access and quality issues in early childhood education and care: The case of Germany
pp 121-146

seven - New Zealand: A narrative of shifting policy directions for early childhood education and care
pp 147-170

eight - Early education and care in Australia: Equity in a mixed market-based system?
pp 171-192

nine - Delivering high-quality early childhood education and care to low-income children: How well is the US doing?
pp 193-218

ten - Common challenges, lessons for policy
pp 219-244

Index
pp 245-254

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