The Tragedy of Child Care in America
Edward Zigler, Katherine Marsland, and Heather Lord
Abstract
Why the United States has failed to establish a comprehensive high-quality child care program is the question at the center of this book. The book presents a firsthand history of the policy making and politics surrounding this important debate. Good-quality child care supports cognitive, social, and emotional development, school readiness, and academic achievement. This book examines the history of child care policy since 1969, including the inside story of America's one great attempt to create a comprehensive system of child care, its failure, and the lack of subsequent progress. Identifying ... More
Keywords: United States, childcare program, politics, policy making, cognitive development, social development, emotional development, school readiness, academic achievement
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300122336 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: October 2013 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300122336.001.0001 |
