An Equal Start?: Providing Quality Early Education and Care for Disadvantaged Children

Experts from eight countries - the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway, France, the Netherlands, Germany, New Zealand, and Australia - examine how early education and care is organised, funded, and regulated in their respective countries. The book provides rich insights into how policies play out in practice and reveals the complexities of ensuring that early education and care is affordable, accessible and of the highest possible quality.