Rethink Public Financing of Early Education and Care – "Toward Better Policy for Early Care and Education in the United States"

The financing of early education and care in this country is a confusing mix of private and public dollars, with much of it coming from high fees for parents and low pay for early educators – and much of it built as a service working parents, not a birthright for young children. A recent paper from the Alliance for Early Childhood Finance,"Toward Better Policy for Early Care and Education in the United States," http://www.earlychildhoodfinance.org/downloads/2011/BetterPolicy_2011_October.pdf describes the complex web of public funding that includes subsidies for the children of low-income working parents, Head Start and public school pre-kindergarten. It makes recommendations for streamlining funding to build a child-centered system of high-quality early learning.

by Irene Sege

Full Story: http://eyeonearlyeducation.org/2012/03/07/rethink-public-financing-of-early-education-and-care/