1 Increased attention to early childhood education and care (ECEC) has been observed in all the industrialized countries but our focus here is on a current picture of ECEC in the United States (U.S.). Early childhood education and care (ECEC) in the U.S. includes a wide range of part-day, full-school-day, and full-workday programs, under educational, social welfare, and commercial auspices, funded and delivered
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