21 Mar To grow the economy more equitably, invest in early childhood
The Hill By Kali Thorne Ladd March 21, 2023 As businesses around the country struggle to hire the teams they need to grow, part of the solution lies in early childhood education. What do child care and business growth have in common? Everything, as I told lawmakers I met on the Hill last week. Even before the pandemic, an estimated half of all American families lived in “child care deserts,” communities where there simply is not enough child care to meet demands. We lost thousands more child...