Quality is higher in non-profit centres than commercial, study reports.TORONTO Toronto (tərŏn`tō), city (1998 est pop. 2,400,000), provincial capital, S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and since the 1970s has been one of the fastest-changing cities in North America, experiencing -- Quality is higher in non-profit child care centres than in commercial facilities, stated economists Gordon Gordon, river in W Tasmania, Australia, 125 mi (200 km) long. Flowing from mountains to the W coast, its main tributaries are the Franklin and Denison from the N, and Serpentine and Olga to the S. Cleveland and Michael Krashinsky. "From our study, it appears that non-profit child care would make good public policy," said Professor Cleveland. It found that quality differences between non-profit and commercial classrooms were greatest in the areas of: * Personal care provided to children, such as diapering di·a·per n. 1. a. A folded piece of absorbent material, such as paper or cloth, that is placed between a baby's legs and fastened at the waist to contain excretions. b. , rest and meals (6.9% higher scores in non profit centres); * Use of materials, activities and teaching interactions that affect language and thought development (non-profit centres scored 6.5% higher). * The way staff interact with children, including supervision and discipline, encouragement, warmth and respect (non-profit centres rated 8.3% higher); * Issues specific to parents and staff, such as the level of staff communication to parents about their children, and support for the personal and professional needs of staff (non-profits scored 18.6% higher). The two University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, professors report that on all comparative criteria of care and education, the non-profits outperformed the commercial group. They claim that non-profit child care centres outscore Verb 1. outscore - score more points than one's opponents outpoint beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard their commercial counterparts in all aspects of early learning and care. The study, The quality gap: A study of non-profit and commercial child care centres in Canada is the first to analyze ratings statistically for observed quality in child care centres. The comparisons were adjusted to account for the financial resources available and higher educational levels of staff in the non-profits; the for-profit programs still came out poor in quality. Non-profit centres are better regardless of the province where the centres are located and child population served. Among the commercial centres, those owned by individuals fared better than incorporated businesses, partnerships and other for-profit providers, who had the lowest ratings. The study analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. data collected in 1998 and reported in You Bet I Care! Caring and Learning Environments: Quality in Child Care Centres Across Canada Across Canada was an afternoon program that formerly aired on The Weather Network. The segment ran from early 1999 until mid 2002. The show ran from 3:00PM ET until 7:00 PM ET. and A Canada-Wide Study on Wages and Working Conditions in Child Care Centres. 416-287-7317 |
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