Early childhood policy by country
European Child Care and Education Study. School-age Assessment of Child Development. Long-term Impact of Pre-school Experiences on School Success, and Family-School Relationships. Final Report for Work Package # 2. 
"This is the second and final volume summarising the findings of the ECCE (European Child Care and Education) project. The overall project had two interrelated goals: 1. To better understand the nature and quality of care received by 4 year-old Austrian, German, Portuguese, and Spanish children, and how it affects the children's developmental outcomes. 2. To better understand, [...]
Caring and learning together. A cross-national study on the integration of early childhood care and education within education.
Early childhood care and education (ECCE) generally embodies two different traditions: care and education. The former was often developed as welfare measures for working-class children who needed care while their parents were at work; the latter as kindergarten or pre-primary education, providing middle-class or all children with enriched educational activities prior to formal [...]
Finland - Early childhood care and education
France - Early childhood care and education
Ireland - Early childhood care and education
Italy -Early childhood care and education
The Netherlands - Early childhood care and education
Norway- Early childhood care and education
Austria - Early childhood care and education
Sweden - Early childhood care and education
Switzerland - Early childhood care and education
England, Wales
Canada - Early childhood care and education
New Zealand - Early childhood care and education
The United States - Early childhood care and education
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