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Fact
and Fantasy: Eight Myths about Early Childhood Education and Care
Gordon Cleveland and Michael Krashinsky Childcare Resource and Reseach Unit, University of Toronto, 2003 This monograph by economists Gordon Cleveland and Michael Krashinsky discusses public funding for early childhood education and care. One key question they address is: Is it better to pay mothers to stay at home or have a publicly funded system of care outside the family home? The paper outlines the arguments that often arise during public debate on a range of related issues on which there is often strong emotion, but little consensus. Using economics as a way to frame their argument—recognizing that many policy-makers consider economic factors to be paramount in making decisions—the authors put forward eight common myths about early childhood education and care and discuss each in detail to determine their validity, including a review of available literature. |
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Children's Future: Child Care Policy in Canada The majority of children in Canada between the ages of 18 months and 6 years are in some form of non-parental care arrangement on a regular basis. While the benefits of good quality child care to children, families and society are well documented and considerable, what constitutes good quality child care and how it can best be delivered is a matter of some debate. Our Children's Future: Child Care Policy in Canada, edited by U of T at Scarborough's Gordon Cleveland and Michael Krashinsky, represents, through the contributions of some of Canada's foremost academic experts and policy advocates, "the current thinking on child care policy . . . and as such makes an important contribution to understanding how Canada, with its particular institutions, history, politics, and values, should design a national child care strategy." |