Why young children’s education and care are not priorities in this election
The Lead UP/CCPA blog
May 7th, 2009 by Iglika Ivanova

It seems clear that policy-makers in this province (and country, for that matter) are not prepared to invest in a quality early education and childcare system, despite the proven benefits for children. The reasons have got to be political, as the economic case for investing in early childhood education and care has already been made (for an excellent summary, check out Old Dollars, New Sense: Recent Evidence and Arguments about Child Care Spending in the latest issue of the CCPA journal Our Schools / Our Selves, which was dedicated to child care).

What surprises me is that we don’t hear more outraged voices on this issue, considering the large number of people who stand to benefit from an expanded and improved childcare system…..

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