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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I look at the licensing reports to start. If they have few violations (even minor ones) it at least speaks to the administration's attention to detail and management skills.[/quote]

I would also say look at accreditation.  Licensing reports would have a list of violations, which only captures when something goes wrong. In theory accreditation is supposed to evaluate how the school operates - the good and bad -- by professionals who work in the field. You should be able to request a summary report from the accreditor and if any of the 3 options is not accredited I would cross it off my list.

Here are links to two of the major accreditors: 
https://www.naeyc.org/accreditation
https://necpa.net/[/quote]

To add to this - in Maryland the licensing reports (https://www.checkccmd.org/ ) also list whether the provider is accredited and by which body. And Maryland also has the EXCELS system to rate quality of child care providers.  Search for EXCELS rated providers here: https://marylandexcels.org/

If you want to search for Maryland providers via a geographical map, the Maryland Family Network's online search tool is really useful and has a lot of the above info: https://locate.marylandfamilynetwork.org/Family/login[/quote]

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