Studying and comparing the early care and education system in the United States to the variety of public systems in France, Denmark, Mexico, and Canada to the variety of public system approaches implemented in the United States, I found many of our goals and purposes the same though practices may be different. All countries value educational opportunities for all and see them as an equalizing force and all countries believe in early education for all children. Then why do we have so many problems with our early childhood programs, educational progress, parental involvement, school health and nutrition? Is it the parents who are lagging in preparing children for school, not valuing education, setting proper examples and routines at home, or is it the schools responsibility for taking care of parental jobs?
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