1. THE QUEBEC CHILD CARE SYSTEM – LESSONS TO BE LEARED CHRISTA JAPEL Université du Québec à Montréal Dignity for All Campaign Summit Ottawa March 4 th 2011
2. UNICEF-Innocenti report in 2008: Canada ranked second to last – met only one of the ten important benchmarks for ECEC Canada lags behind many of its counterparts in the OECD with regard to early childhood development programs
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11. Scoring Continuous or by category: 1 - 2.9 = inadequate quality: safety and health risks and no educational component 3 - 4.9 = minimal quality: basic safety and health measures are respected –but educational component is minimal – custodial care 5 - 7 = good to excellent quality: safety and health measures are respected – developmentally appropriate educational component that fosters children’s global development
14. Quality of child care settings evaluated from 2000 to 2003 (N = 1574) Inadequate 1 à 2,9 Minimal 3 à 4,9 Good 5,0 and up
15. Quality of child care services (N = 1538) Total score ECERS and FDCRS NP FP Reg. Non reg. NP FP Reg. Non reg. Centre Family Centre Family Good to excellent Poor
20. Children in settings of poor quality according to family SES Low High Socioeconomic status (Quartiles)
21. Does quality vary according to the family’s socioeconomic status and the type of service? Type of service Quartile 1 Quartile 4 Sign. Centre-based non profit 4.54 4.61 n.s. Family-based regulated 4.11 4.60 p <0.01 Centre-based for profit 3.42 3.94 p <0.01 Family-based non regulated 3.05 4.02 p <0.001
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27. Public Spending & Brain Research: The Disconnect Source : The RAND Corporation Brain Development Public Spending*
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29. Investments in children bring a higher rate of return than investments in low-skill adults (James Heckman)
While the research on early learning is strong, the public investment is not. The RAND Corporation, known for its work on defense and its level approach to research and analysis, has produced this chart comparing brain growth to public spending in the country. While most of the core structure of the brain develops in the first few years of life, only 5% of public investments in children happens then. A 12-state study by the Child and Family Policy Center and Voices for America's Children showed the disparity in children's education and development investment. For every dollar invested in school-aged children in these states, only 13.7 cents was invested in the earliest learning years. That’s only one-fifth the amount invested in college-aged youth. We are behind the proverbial curve in developing an early education system to meet young children's needs. Yet we continue to put a Band-Aid on the system we’ve created for older children, as we continue to see spiraling costs in areas like remedial education. (Note to Speaker: If your community or state has cost figures for expenditures like this, use them here!) Source: C. Bruner, with S. Floyd & A. Copeman. (January 2005) Seven Things Policy Makers Need to Know about School Readiness: Revised & Expanded Toolkit. State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network (SECPTAN) Available online at http://www.cfpciowa.org/pdf/7%20Things.pdf .