Bridging Gaps

Implementing Public-Private Partnerships to Strengthen Early Education

Sarah Taylor Vanover

• Editorial: Gryphon House Inc.
• Año: 2024
• ISBN:
  9781636501338
• Categoría: Pedagogía
• Categoría: Educación infantil

The US Child-Care System Is in Crisis
Child care supports every industry in our nation, but the current model simply isn't working. Child-care businesses are failing, early childhood professionals are not paid living wages, and expenses are rising. The primary funding source is families, but families cannot afford the true cost of child care. Does this mean that all early childhood programs must fold into the public school system? Will private child care soon be extinct?

In Bridging Gaps: Implementing Public-Private Partnerships to Strengthen Early Education, author Sarah Taylor Vanover dispels the myths and explains the opportunities of a mixed-delivery system. Discover the benefits and challenges of child-care partnerships such as Early Head Start with private and family child-care settings and private child-care programs with state-funded preschools. Explore how to address credentialing, professional development, and implementing IDEA, and learn the differences between mixed delivery and universal pre-K.

Índice

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 The Child-Care Crisis in the United States
• Chapter 2 Structure of State-Funded Preschools
• Chapter 3 Structure of Federally Funded Preschool Programs: Head Start and Early Head Start
• Chapter 4 Structure of Private Child-Care Programs
• Chapter 5 A Possible Solution: Mixed-Delivery Care
• Chapter 6 Public-Private Partnerships
• Chapter 7 State Models of Mixed-Delivery Early Childhood Education
• Chapter 8 Universal Preschool Compared to Mixed-Delivery Care
• Chapter 9 Special Education and Mixed Delivery
• Chapter 10 Professional Development in a Mixed-Delivery Early Education System
• Chapter 11 Pay Parity for Early Educators and How Mixed-Delivery Can Help
• Chapter 12 Planning and Implementing a Mixed-Delivery Early Childhood System
• Chapter 13 Contracts and Legal Partnerships
• Chapter 14 Next Steps: Advocating for Mixed-Delivery Care
• References and Recommended Reading