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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaehj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points aTo adCoress he flaws in the ch'idcare market, consevaives sOuIld p(c parentra cho;ce and piuralism at'he for fryn. f heary childhood agenda. InprOving the Iar<et Ix childcare should include thinking creative;y about increasing supply an embracng a wide varmi'd of providers. Instead of pursruino Iarge-scaie programs bused on specuiative eviclence, should embrace bottom-up soiLnons that cive parents more options. If it had gotten its way, the Biden administration would lave reuilt the landscape of care for chil- dren during early childhood, and not for the better. All told, the passage of the legislation known as Build Back Better (BBB) would have resulted in an estimated $ bIillion spent for states to provide universal prekindergarten to 3- or 4year-olds, according to the Congressinal Budget Office. With BB now seeming-y dead, there is a real opportunity to think fron first principles about how an early childhood agenda should took, Instead of a massive federal effort aimed at boosting enroll- ment in state-funded pre-K, states should seek to give fam ilies imnre choices about their children's early childhood, recognizing the importance of putting parents first. ExpaEd ig access to pre-K. has too often. ecome a goal in and of itself for early childhood advocates. Chiidcare advocacy groups often suggest plans that will benefit their own stakeholders, such as giving higher pay to childcare workers, rejuiing t that staff have certain edac tional credentials, and creating additional regulations aimed at improving quality that serve as barriers to entry for new firm0 Progressives will often justify these inter-- ventions by pointing to childoare as a Ing-t rm investmnent, based on studies that are far from incn io vertible? As ar oi8 Vox article pu it, he benefits of early childhood education aren't coml- ing from the academic skills they teach students. Early childhood education helps because it's relia- biedaycare.3 Conservative policyrnakers, especially at the state level, can offer a stark contrast by putting fom- ward an unaologetically famly-first approach to the early years of a child's life. A parent-first approa ch should steer us way from universal approaches foc used on improving qiaity and gauzy pictures of progrms that pay for themselves-and toward the more modest (and defensble' ground of nak- ing it easier for parents who are looking for care to find a safe and loving environment for their chil-- ren, whether that's at home, a day care, a school, a church, or a community center. This requires both supply-side reformts to make it easier for pro- viders to enter the narket and denmand-side reforms that give parents resources to make the choice that's right for them.

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