providing quality early education and care for disadvantaged children /
edited by Ludovica Gambaro, Kitty Stewart and Jane Waldfogel.
xiii, 254 pages ;
25 cm
CASE studies on poverty, place and policy
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Equal access to early childhood education and care? : the case of the UK / Ludovica Gambaro, Kitty Stewart and Jane Waldfogel -- Towards universal quality early childhood education and care : the Norwegian model / Anne Lise Ellingsæter -- Equal access to quality care : lessons from France on providing high-quality and affordable early childhood education and care / Jeanne Fagnani -- Equal access to high-quality childcare in the Netherlands / Yusuf Emre Akgündüz and Janneke Plantenga -- Access and quality issues in early childhood education and care : the case of Germany / Pamela Oberhuemer -- New Zealand : a narrative of shifting policy directions for early childhood education and care / Helen May -- Early education and care in Australia : equity in a mixed market-based system? / Deborah Brennan and Marianne Fenech -- Delivering high-quality early childhood education and care to low-income children : how well is the US doing? / Katherine Magnuson and Jane Waldfogel -- Common challenges, lessons for policy / Kitty Stewart, Ludovica Gambaro, Jane Waldfogel and Jill Rutter.