Author: kidsfirstcanada

Parents Association Of Canada

Costs—Daycare, Preschool, All-Day Kindergarten (broken links)

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"Measure all costs"2001. Lynn A. Karoly et. al. Rand Corporation - article: "Analyzing the Costs and Benefits of EarlyChildhood Interventions" (follow links to download full report) Full Costs Never Openly Discussed or Grossly Underestimated "I don't have a dollar figure"Dr.…

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Website offers anonymous child-care reviews (broken link)

Posted by on in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Quality & staff-child ratios

Website offers anonymous child-care reviews (broken link): A CBC story about a new website where parents can comment anonymously on daycares or schools. The daycare and school establishment is opposed (of course!). Sharon Gregson (see article) is on the Vancouver…

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Ontario Ministry of Education memo from Assistant Deputy Minster on Kindergarten

Posted by on in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc.

Oct 2010: Ontario Ministry of Education memo from Assistant Deputy Minster shows they EXPECTED "UNFUNDED COMMITMENTS" for all-day Kindergarten. What do they do? Shove more kids into too few rooms? This CALLOUS LACK OF REGARD FOR CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING means that…

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Sept 2010—Child Development journal article: “For 4-Year-Olds, Interactions With Teacher Key to Gains.”

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Child Development journal article: Free play amid peer harms language development, but talking with the teacher helps. (Are parents talking to their own children helpful too?) Sept 15, 2010. Society for Research in Child Development - press release (PDF): "or…

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Studies of Daycare and Cognitive Development

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These studies use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY)—a longitudinal (on going) study of about 40,000 children conducted by Statistics Canada. Participants in this research know they are being studied and answer questions regularly. This…

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Talking to economist Kevin Milligan: On all-day kindergarten

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Talking to economist Kevin Milligan: On all-day kindergarten, Nobel laureate James Heckman and the purported economic benefits of universal plans. In IFMC’s eReview: September 22, 2010. Kevin Milligan and Andrea Mrozek. Institute of Marriage and Family Canada - interview (PDF):…

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