What Do We Know about Rural Child Care? An Overview of Issues.

Beach, Betty A.

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ERIC Number: EJ520526

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Publication Date: 1995

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What Do We Know about Rural Child Care? An Overview of Issues.

Beach, Betty A.

Journal of Research in Rural Education, v11 n2 p114-20 Fall 1995

Research reveals an apparent disadvantage in rural child care that should be explored in terms of the links between child care and public school transition; patterns of child-care choice and utilization among rural families; and ecological relationships among families, child-care providers, schools, and communities in the rural setting. Contains 34 references. (LP)

Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Children, Day Care, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Educational Research, Employed Parents, Family Day Care, Research Needs, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Rural Family, School Readiness, Values

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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