Reports


Seven benefits to building down public education for younger children

Alexander Economic Views | November 30, 2023 "Given the considerable benefits to expanding early learning and the challenges in expanding licensed care, it is worth highlighting the merits of continuing to expand capacity through the public school system. This paper argues that there is considerable merit to expanding school-delivered early...

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Making Space: 2023 Roadmap on Early Learning and Childcare

Jimmy Pratt Foundation | July 6, 2023 It is an exciting time for young children and their families in Newfoundland and Labrador. Fees for regulated child care are set at $10/day. Our Early Childhood Educators are well-qualified to provide high-quality programs – and the workforce is growing.Still, most parents cannot...

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How to Remove the Barriers to Child Care Expansion - A Survey of Non-Profit and Public Child Care Licensees in Ontario

Building Blocks for Child Care | November 2022 Excerpt: "The messages we hear from these survey results comes through loud and clear. Governments can and should act now to facilitate expansion of child care to meet parents’ needs (and to fulfill the promises they have made to parents). Child care...

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How To Make Child Care Expansion Happen In Ontario

Building Blocks for Child Care | October 27, 2022 10 recommendations for action in Ontario to grow not-for-profit and a public Early Learning and Child Career in Ontario.

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Canada’s Children Need a Professional Early Childhood Education Workforce

Atkinson Centre, University of Toronto | April 2022 Canada's child care workforce needs a bill of rights embedded in pending federal legislation, says a new report released by the researchers at the University of Toronto."In the race to lower parent fees and increase access, governments across Canada often overlook the...

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