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A Very Diverse Field
December 7, 2010
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-Warren Berger
-Warren Berger
| Independent centers (both for profit and non profit) | = 47% |
| Religious housed or affiliated centers | = 26 |
| Head start sites | = 11 |
| Chain centers | = 7 |
| Public school-operated preschools | = 5 |
| Employer-sponsored centers | = 4 |
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Displaying All 4 CommentsShishu Vikash Kendra
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
In India it is going to be privatisation in early childhood education . In our country there is a difference between independent centres and Government centres . Inspite of governments centres the people beleive on independent centres .
Arvada, CO, United States
Thanks to Karen and Macky for their comments. I'm totally mystified and more than than a little amazed at the implication the information released at NAEYC was somehow important without the inclusion of family child care. According to the licensing study (2008) released by NARA and NCCIC earlier this year over 50% or nearly 200,000 of the almost 330,000 regulated programs in the country are family child care. It's a bit difficult for me to understand who the "90,000 licensed early childhood programs" referenced in this column refers to. Again, NARA/NCCIC's numbers are MUCH different and indicate that there are 329,882 total regulated early childhood programs in the United States. Why the discrepancy? Even without family child care there are 40,000 - or almost half the number referenced in the report - programs missing from this information -a significant number to me. I can't believe that we've lost nearly 75% of the regulated early childhood field have we?
Macky's question certainly begs for an answer, doesn't it?
Best Beginnings Preschool
Rochester, NY, United States
Hmmmm...a big sector missing from the stats. Home-based programs.
Macky and michael's house
Cambridge, MA, United States
Totally shocking! Do you mean to say that all the family child care programs in the nation have closed since last night when I went to bed? 90,000 licensed childcare programs, none of the Family Child Care?
What happened to all those kids who were doing so well in the FCC homes? Did they vaporize? What about all the parents who chose FCC for their children? What happened to them? I can't imagine. Were they just too radical for this new world of only Center based care? Were they deported to some unknown land?
I feel like I woke up in a new world. I wonder what will happen when I open my doors this morning... or go to the park to meet with the other 20 FCC kids who show up daily.
Where is your thinking? (This is a rhetorical question).
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