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Children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores than those who attend no preschool or only one year.
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Two years of high-quality preschool is one of the most effective strategies we have to change the trajectories of children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
‘Kindy bootcamps’ tend to be run by untrained teachers.
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Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo, African Population and Health Research Center y Njora Hungi, African Population and Health Research Center
Early childhood education services have proliferated in the public and private sectors. But many children who attend these preschool centres do not receive quality services.
Attending two years of preschool improves children’s readiness for school.
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Susan Irvine, Queensland University of Technology; Jennifer Sumsion, Charles Sturt University; Jo Lunn, Queensland University of Technology y Karen Thorpe, Queensland University of Technology
20% of surveyed early education educators said they want to leave their job due to low pay, volume of paperwork and feeling undervalued.
Labor aims to make quality early education and care more affordable for families.
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Government funding of childcare is seen as something that helps get mums back into work, instead of setting children up for learning before they start school.
Boys are more likely to start school later.
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Parents who provide learning support at home can improve their child’s literacy and emotional development, regardless of their class or educational background.
Children need more than one day per week of preschool education to feel secure, build relationships and support learning.
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Under new legislation, children from low-income families will receive just 12 hours of early learning support a week, adding to the risk of these children falling behind their peers at school.
Hop along now dears. HRH Queen Mary with nursery children in 1930.
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