An Equal Start?
Providing Quality Early Education and Care for Disadvantaged Children
Distributed for Policy Press at the University of Bristol
- Contents

Introduction
~ Ludovica Gambaro, Kitty Stewart and Jane Waldfogel
Equal access to early childhood education and care? The case of the UK
~ Ludovica Gambaro, Kitty Stewart and Jane Waldfogel
Towards universal quality early childhood education and care: the Norwegian model
~ Anne Lise Ellingsæter
Equal access to quality care: Lessons from France on providing high quality and affordable early childhood education and care
~ Jeanne Fagnani
Equal Access to High Quality Child Care in the Netherlands
~ Y. Emre Akgündüz and Janneke Plantenga
Access and quality issues in early childhood education and care: the case of Germany
~ Pamela Oberhuemer
New Zealand case study: A narrative of shifting policy directions for early childhood education and care
~ Helen May
Early Education and Care in Australia: Equity in a market-based system?
~ Deborah Brennan and Marianne Fenech
Delivering High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Care to Low-Income Children: How Well is the US Doing?
~ Katherine Magnuson and Jane Waldfogel
Common challenges, lessons for policy
Education: Education--General Studies
Sociology: General Sociology
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