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While access to quality education in early childhood is an international priority, the characteristics of quality continue to be debated. In the Australian context, differing views on the characteristics of quality may be a result of differing stakeholder priorities. Divergent notions of quality may lead to initiatives that emphasize educator practice and frame a dominant discourse that situates responsibility for enactment of quality at Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) service room lev...

For the first time in more than ten years, Australia’s national early childhood learning frameworks have been updated with a focus on culture, sustainability and leadership.Griffith University worked in collaboration with Macquarie University, QUT an

For the first time in more than ten years, Australia’s national early childhood learning frameworks have been updated with a focus on culture, sustainability and leadership.

The two biggest states have jointly committed to a huge investment in early childhood education and learning over the next decade. But delivering high-quality universal preschool access won’t be easy.

The Gap Cubbyhouse Montessori in Brisbane has used a new Internet of Things (IoT) deployment to improve the air quality in its childcare centres, tappin...

Engages Zeplin and Thinxtra for clean air tech

The pandemic has made the crisis far worse.

Advice from two experts on how Biden and Harris can tackle America’s child-care crisis Valerie Strauss © iStock There is a child-care crisis in the United States that preceded the coronavirus pandemic but has been worsened significantly in the past year. Until now, most of the energy and attention around helping children has focused on safely reopening schools — but the emergency in child care is at least as acute. Affected are not only the nearly 12 million children ...

The pandemic has made the crisis far worse.