Child Care: for profit versus non-profit
May 28, 2008 - Posted in "Zero to Six"
from the Child Care Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) http://privatization.crru.ca/ "... it has become apparent that the issue is not only conglomerates vs.“mom and pops” but a more fundamental one about whether early childhood education and care should be a product (like shoes, chocolate or cars) to be marketed to young ...
Child care isn’t cheap
March 30, 2008 - Posted in "Zero to Six"
Million Dollar Babies From Time Magazine, March 28 On Tuesday, the annual Expenditures on Children by Families report, which tracks how much it costs to raise a child in America, was released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (yes, that's the government bureaucracy charged with this particular tally). According to ...
CEO claims the College daycare and teaching lab isn’t viable
March 27, 2008 - Posted in "Zero to Six"
The College's Child Care Centre will close at the end of July. The 45-space campus daycare centre in Kingston has operated for 30 years. The college says it's trying to reign-in a deficit. The daycare was losing about $150,000 a year, for several years. A half dozen staff will ...
Tuesday March 25, Macleans Magazine
March 25, 2008 - Posted in "Zero to Six"
Daycare dilemma Private operators are under attack, despite the shortage of spaces PETER SHAWN TAYLOR Many daycare owners complain their industry has never been particularly profitable. But now there's a growing move to take the profit out of it completely. Private sector daycare is ...