An Equal Start?: Providing Quality Early Education and Care for Disadvantaged Children

Description

Experts from eight countries - the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway, France, the Netherlands, Germany, New Zealand, and Australia - examine how early education and care is organised, funded, and regulated in their respective countries. The book provides rich insights into how policies play out in practice and reveals the complexities of ensuring that early education and care is affordable, accessible and of the highest possible quality.

Ludovica Gambaro was at the time of writing Research Officer at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) and is now Research Officer at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, University of London. Kitty Stewart is Associate Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Research Associate at CASE. Jane Waldfogel is Compton Foundation Centennial Professor at Columbia University School of Social Work, USA, and Visiting Professor at CASE, London School of Economics and Political Science.