Cradle to Kindergarten: A New Plan to Combat Inequality Congressional Briefing
The Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, Senate HELP, and the Senate Finance Minority, hosted a conversation about early-in-life disparities in the United States and ideas for addressing them. Authors Ajay Chaudry and Taryn Morrissey discussed their new book, Cradle to Kindergarten: A New Plan to Combat Inequality, which offers a comprehensive, evidence-based strategy that diagnoses the obstacles to early learning and development and charts a path to opportunity for all children. Further analysis was provided by Roberto Rodriguez, former Deputy Assistant to President Barack Obama for Education and Elizabeth Rigby, associate professor of public policy and public administration at George Washington University.