Fast Takes: Hollywood parents’ child sacrifices, a Swedish child-care lesson and more
“Sweden, often held up as an exemplar of high-quality early childhood education, does not regulate preschool staffing through mandated child-to-staff ratios,” notes Chelsea Follett at City Journal. “The American Left reveres Sweden’s childcare system” and its “taxpayer-funded universal childcare,” but ignores this key difference.
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“Sweden, often held up as an exemplar of high-quality early childhood education, does not regulate preschool staffing through mandated child-to-staff ratios,” notes Chelsea Follett at City Journal. “The American Left reveres Sweden’s childcare system” and its “taxpayer-funded universal childcare,” but ignores this key difference. “Even without any explicit mandate,” Sweden’s “ratio of full-time staff positions to children in preschool is roughly 5:1.” The reason? “Sweden gives families the freedom to choose private preschools,” putting “reputational consequences” among families on the line.
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- “Sweden, often held up as an exemplar of high-quality early childhood education, does not regulate preschool staffing through mandated child-to-staff ratios,” notes Chelsea Follett at City Journal. “The American Left reveres Sweden’s childcare system” and its “taxpayer-funded universal childcare,” but ignores this key difference.
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Fast Takes: Hollywood parents’ child sacrifices, a Swedish child-care lesson and more
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