Neighborhood Villages and WBUR CitySpace Partner to Present Panel Event on “Child Care and the Future of the American Dream”
January 31, 2020
On January 30th, Neighborhood Villages and WBUR CitySpace co-hosted a panel event on child care and its relationship to economic opportunity for families and for the next generation of children.
Moderated by Kathleen McNerney, senior producer / editor for Edify, the discussion focused on how investment in childcare and early education benefits individual children and families, employers, and the American taxpayer. Panelists addressed policy solutions for how to build a stronger, more accessible system of early education and care.
Panelists included:
Dr. Nathaniel Hendren, Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Founding Co-Director of Opportunity Insights
Linda Smith, Director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Early Childhood Development Initiative
Dr. Michelle Sanchez, Principal of the Epiphany Early Learning Center
Watch the video of the event below: