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California’s Family Child Care Networks: An Opportunity to Bring to Full Scale

California’s state-supported networks could play a critical role in sustaining family child care providers, an important source of child care for infants and toddlers as well as mixed-age groups. AIR conducted a study which describes the history and current state of FCC networks in California, analyzes their roles in the pandemic and the challenges they face, and lays out recommendations and opportunities for the future.
26 May 2016
Brief

Ten Questions Local Policymakers Should Ask About Expanding Access to Preschool

High-quality preschool programs can have far reaching benefits for kids, parents, and communities—and they can provide a high return on initial investments. This 10 Series report summarizes our key findings about local preschool initiatives in 10 U.S. communities.
Topic: 
Education, Early Childhood and Child Development, Child Welfare
6 Jun 2014
Blog Post

Research and the Public Prekindergarten Debate

Early learning has few detractors, but publicly supported prekindergarten has many. In this blog post, Susan Muenchow cites a recent AIR study that refutes the main objections and makes the case for free early childhood programs.
Topic: 
Education, Early Childhood and Child Development, Child Welfare