‘This is an important publication, which I urge colleagues to read and to consider carefully all the implications'-
Early Years
‘... this provocative analysis with its clear examples is worth reading for its fresh look at where we could be headed come the 21st century'-
Nursery Equipment
Early childhood services in the UK have been badly neglected. The consequences are serious: chronic underfunding and increasing fragmentation; most staff poorly paid and trained; access often a matter of potluck and money; low aspirations and even lower expectations. Increasingly, young children are seen as important for what they may become rather than for what they are, and the