Briefly discusses problems of and prospects for child care policy under the Reagan administration. (RH)

The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory's depiction study of early childhood education and care programs in the Northwest and Hawaii documents the extent of program development in the region. In four sections, this report of the study: (1) describes the emerging structure of early childhood services, reviewing key findings and projecting…

Discusses policy and program innovations in toddler day care and family support services in Europe, focusing on educational opportunities in Denmark, France, Italy, Finland, Sweden, and England. Reviews the implications of these innovations for toddler day care and family support services in the United States. (MDM)

This paper discusses the role of child care providers, child care resource and referral (CCRR) agencies, community-based organizations, and other advocates in responding to market rate surveys of the cost of child care in their community. It focuses on how these groups can increase reimbursement rates and rate ceilings that are set by state and…

This paper outlines a plan for the use of the expertise, knowledge, and resources of the many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide preschool and day care services (educare) in South Africa to foster cooperation and collaboration in a time of rapid political change. The paper notes that because of a lack of governmental support for…

Volume I of the First Annual Report of the National Day Care Study (NDCS) funded by the Office of Child Development presents an overview of the NDCS study, the background of federal involvement in day care, the day care policy issues being addressed, an overview of the study design and phases, uses and limits of study findings, and the results of…

This paper reviews the development of early childhood care and education in the Caribbean region since World War II. Despite the growth of private early childhood facilities throughout the region in the immediate post-war period, supply was inadequate to satisfy demand. Governments, pressured by rising social and economic problems, were to varying…

Volume II of the First Annual Report of the National Day Care Study (NDCS) funded by the Office of Child Development presents the research design for Phase II of the study and includes a detailed technical discussion of the study's analytical and methodological issues. The NDCS, being conducted over a period of three years, is designed to answer…

Points out that many early childhood educators are happy about current government attention to child advocacy, but are at the same time confused about the reasons why early childhood education has suddenly been singled out as important. (SKC)

In May 1990 the Minister of National Education announced an Education Renewal Strategy (ERS) for education in South Africa, developed in conjunction with other governmental departments, to seek short- and medium-term managerial solutions for some of the nation's most pressing educational needs. The ERS advances five major policy recommendations…

A study surveyed 100 married mothers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, who live in their own house with an average of three rooms, work 40 hours a week, and who have 3- or 4-year-old children in public day care centers or preschools. The survey focused on family characteristics, child rearing practices, responsibility for child care and household, and day…

This essay examines the provision of early childhood education and day care (educare) structure, provision, and funding. The essay's analysis of these factors indicates that current educare provisions are poorly structured, racially discriminatory, underfunded, and generally inadequate for most children and their families, especially in black…

This report examines current issues relating to day care and challenges many of the policy assumptions that underlie a major public program of subsidized day care for children. A historical perspective of day care is presented and various types of day care are described. The costs and benefits of day care are examined and the relation of day care…

This report presents the results of a national forum on the compensation of child care workers which sought to develop strategies to break the link between what parents pay for child care and what child care providers earn. A total of 56 policymakers, researchers, economists, and child care advocates met for 2 days to review current child care…

While current early education and care funding still reaches only a fraction of preschool children, some states now have considerable experience in coordinating subsidized child care, Head Start, and state prekindergarten initiatives to enhance early education and learning opportunities for young children. Drawing on the experiences of Georgia,…