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The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong about Early Care and Education (and What We Should Do about It)

Name: The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong about Early Care and Education (and What We Should Do about It)
Brand: Teachers College Press
SKU: 9780807786482
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Contributors:

Dan Wuori, Dana Suskind (Foreword by)

Publisher:

Teachers College Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Education, Psychology

Book Subcategory:

Schools, Educational Policy & Reform, Developmental

Book Topic:

Levels, Child

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Release Date:

2024-09-27

ISBN 13:

9780807786482

Weight:

0.5 lbs

Size:

9.00 x 6.10 x 0.40 inches

Pages:

144

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For a century, America's early childhood policy has been premised on a myth. This falsehood--which dictates that child care and education are somehow separate and distinct--not only suboptimizes the most important window into all human development, but costs American taxpayers an untold fortune. It's time to think differently. Written in plain yet provocative language by one of the field's most respected bipartisan policy experts, The Daycare Myth makes the case for why the early years matter; why America's longstanding early childhood policy approach sacrifices the needs of young children in favor of promoting adult employment; and why fixing the problem makes good sense, regardless of your place on the political spectrum. With straightforward guidance for policymakers, practitioners, and parents, this incredibly timely book is a wake-up call for a nation that aspires to nothing less than the wholesale transformation of America's early childhood landscape.

Book Features:

Invites readers to rethink their very understanding of the early years by outlining a bipartisan case for change.
Addresses the needs of policymakers, practitioners, and parents individually with practical implications and action steps for each.
Melds policy with what the current science of brain development tells us about the importance of children's early years and the critical role they play in future success.
Challenges longstanding assumptions, calls out ineffective approaches, and outlines a new path beneficial to children and families, employers, state and federal economies, and society as a whole.

About the Author

Dan Wuori is founder and president of Early Childhood Policy Solutions LLC. He serves as a strategic advisor on early childhood at The Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation and was the founding director of early learning at The Hunt Institute in Cary, North Carolina. He is a former kindergarten teacher, school district administrator, and state agency administrator.

The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong about Early Care and Education (and What We Should Do about It)

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