Family day care workers have much in common with home-based workers in the garment industry. But the latter are classed as employees, resulting in better representation and protected work conditions.
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These partnerships between investors, governments and nonprofits are a new way to pay for programs and services that help people in need and address intractable problems like mass incarceration.
Children aged three to five don’t need to do formal academic assignments in early childhood education to hit their milestones.
Sugar taxes fail to tackle the root of the problem – the production and marketing of foods that cause chronic disease.
Research shows early childhood educators are among the lowest-paid Australians, with some finding better pay in other fields such as night-time retail work.
As Pink Shirt Day approaches, early childhood educators offer practical strategies for parents and teachers to create an inclusive environment and reduce bullying.
Using simple strategies, parents and teachers can help stimulate linguistic and other cognitive development in children.
Schools across Canada should ‘grow down’ and offer two years of full-day preschool, according to a new report. This would allow mothers to work, improve child outcomes and reduce income inequality.
Funding debates dominated most education policy talks in 2017, but discussions look to be extending past the dollar value in 2018 with a number of high profile reports due for release.
Are preschool teachers with college degrees better at their jobs?
New analysis of education expenditure shows spending on the vocational education and training sector has declined while other sectors have experienced growth.
Mandatory sleep times in early childhood settings do not work for children, educators or parents, and need to change.
Ontario’s investment in a unique two-year, full-day and play-based kindergarten program is paying off. Could similar results happen elsewhere?
The new British Columbia government wants the province to shed its status as a laggard on education funding and poverty reduction. If it succeeds, B.C. will be a safer place to live.
There are several ways to help children learn and be interested in maths – even the reluctant ones.
Supporting early childhood literacy is not just about reading to your child. Research has found there are many and varied ways to increase literacy in early learning.
The gap between the most and least advantaged areas in Australia is reflected in educational inequality.
The latest OECD report on early learning education and care gives Australia a mixed report card.
Emoji provide a living language that is representative and inclusive in ways that words can’t always be. Just be careful if you use the eggplant or peach emoji.
The quality of what pupils come to know, understand and are able to do has a big impact on students. Low quality leads to boredom as well as fear and anxiety about maths as a subject
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Fellow in Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Professor of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at Ontario Institute for the Study of Education (OISE) and Executive Director at the Atkinson Centre, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, Flinders University
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Adjuct Faculty University of Guelph, Former Chair, Early Childhood Studies and Founder of The Love Model Inc.
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Assistant Researcher, Perlman Lab, Ontario Institute for the Studies of Education, University of Toronto
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Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
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Professor and Head of School, School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Head of Early Childhood Studies, University of Guelph-Humber
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PhD Candidate, Doctor of Social Sciences, Royal Roads University
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Professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Special Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland