@article{ref1,
title="Raising questions about improving the quality of child care: Child care in the United States and France",
journal="Early childhood research quarterly",
year="1992",
author="Howes, Carollee and Marx, Elisabeth",
volume="7",
number="3",
pages="347-366",
abstract="Aspects of the French child-care system are described and contrasted with aspects of child care in the U.S. in order to stimulate discussion of child-care standards. French child care is characterized by highly trained and reasonably compensated teachers. These teachers work within classrooms with group sizes and adult: child ratios considered excessive by U.S. standards. The quality of child care under such conditions is explored.<p />",
language="",
issn="0885-2006",
doi="10.1016/0885-2006(92)90026-U",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0885-2006(92)90026-U"
}