The Formative Years: What's Next for Early Care and Education? An Atlantic Next America Forum
March 8, 2017
Washington, DC
President Trump made reducing the cost of child care one of his most detailed platform planks during the campaign. While questions remain about the new administration's early care and education policy agenda for the coming year, state and local policymakers across the country have made early childhood programs more accessible and affordable for working families. All of this comes as our nation is raising the most diverse generation of Americans yet.
What will the new administration’s early care and education policies be? What can Washington learn from states and cities that have expanded access to early childhood programs? In this Next America forum, The Atlantic convened key policymakers, local officials, stakeholders and experts to examine the future of early care and education policy.
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Speakers
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![Ron Brownstein]()
Ron Brownstein Senior Editor The Atlantic @RonBrownstein -
![Congressman Joaquin Castro]()
Congressman Joaquin Castro @JoaquinCastrotx -
![Turahn Dorsey]()
Turahn Dorsey Chief of Education City of Boston @EducateBOS -
![Elaine Maag]()
Elaine Maag Senior Research Associate Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center @ElaineMaag -
![Carmel Martin]()
Carmel Martin Executive Vice President for Policy Center for American Progress @CarmelMMartin -
![Lillian Mongeau]()
Lillian Mongeau Early Education Reporter The Hechinger Report @lrmongeau -
![Jeana Ross]()
Jeana Ross Secretary of the Department of Early Childhood Education State of Alabama @JeanaRoss4kids -
![Katharine Stevens]()
Katharine Stevens Resident Scholar, Education Policy Studies American Enterprise Institute @kbstevens
Agenda
- Wednesday, March 08
- 8:15 a.m.Welcome RemarksMargaret Low, President, AtlanticLIVE
- 8:20 a.m.What Can Texas Teach Washington? Congressman Joaquin Castro
With Ron Brownstein, Senior Editor, The Atlantic - 8:45 a.m.The Way ForwardElaine Maag, Senior Research Associate, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Carmel Martin, Executive Vice President, Policy, Center for American Progress
Katharine Stevens, Resident Scholar, Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
With Lillian Mongeau, Early Education Reporter, The Hechinger Report - 9:10 a.m.Setting An ExampleTurahn Dorsey, Chief of Education, City of Boston
Jeana Ross, Secretary, Department of Early Childhood Education, Alabama
With Ron Brownstein, The Atlantic - 9:40 a.m.Closing ThoughtsMargaret Low, AtlanticLIVE
