Setting the record straight on misguided claims about ECEC and the value of qualified educators
The piece ‘Maybe childcare staff need fewer degrees?’ by Aaron Patrick in the AFR July 12 2024 is both ill-informed and misleading. If you haven’t seen it, here is the abridged version – the commercial childcare industry is charging inflated prices hurting families because of rules that ‘force centres to hire more, better-educated staff’ and ‘ratio rules…