Sectors and Services
This type of care could be supported with public dollars through an expansion of the Family Medical leave Act.
parental care
this is the number of weeks of paid leave families get to care for a new child in the United States before having to return to work.
zero
This is an indicator of quality that you might improve by implementing home visits.
family engagement
this is one of the three features of policy, and it means that the policy is able to hold individuals accountable
enforceable
This author suggests that we need targeted ECE opportunities for children from families whose parents cannot provide adequate care.
Heckman
This is the smallest formal care sector.
Head Start
at this age, we have the first evidence of disparities in children's cognitive social and emotional development based on family income
9 months
this is an indicator of quality; it involves daily structured lesson plans and materials.
curriculum
this is the level of government (state, federal, local) that administers Head Start
federal
This author thinks that we should use policy solve the problem that quality care is inaccessible for most families.
Hurley
This is the largest formal care sector.
center based child care
this percentage of families have all caregivers in the workforce and need some kind of ECE
67%
this is an indicator of quality that should happen at both the child and site level.
regular assessment.
this is the name of the policy that provides subsidies for families
child care and development block grant
This is a reason to use public dollars to solve a problem.
it affects a large number of people OR market failure OR there are a lot of externalities (affects people other than those who are part of the transaction)
there are 60 versions of this sector.
state or local public pre-kindergarten.
This number is the percent of a family's income that a family can pay for child care and still have it be "affordable" according to the federal government.
Seven
In order to improve process quality, you may improve this type of quality using regulatory policy.
structural quality
this is a consequence of fragmentation for children.
unequal experiences, opportunity gaps
this design feature of the studies is one of the three reasons the perry and abecedarian findings were so powerful for policymakers
randomized control trials
this type of care is on average of lower quality that formal care.
informal care.
this economic trend related to compensation is partially responsible for families' difficult in paying for care.
wage stagnation
these kinds of interactions are characterized by rich language, and warm responsive moments between teachers and children. they improve brian development.
serve and return
this is an example of what fragmentation is.
there is no unifying law or framework for ECE. OR children are served in a variety of settings. OR these settings have various goals, funding, and regulation.
this is the estimated return on investment for early childhood care and education based on the perry and abecedarian studies
7-13%