Cradle And Career: What Can Workforce Development Learn From Early Childhood Development And Care?

October 2nd, 2019

On October 2, 2019, ParentChild+ hosted another installment of the School Readiness Forum: An exploration of new ideas to close the K-12 Achievement Gap.

For some time, early childhood education and care has been at the forefront of the interdependency between generations—acknowledging that in order to create stable lives for children, the adults in their lives need support as well. The field of workforce development can learn from this approach. While workforce development interventions sometimes acknowledge the importance of child care, as a means to free up parents to train and work, they could go further in supporting the interdependencies of children and their caregivers.

More holistic two-generation approaches not only can improve short-term outcomes for children and their parents, but can also prepare the next generation of workers.

Panel Discussion

“Cradle And Career: What Can Workforce Development Learn From Early Childhood Development And Care?”

Panelists

Video Linkthe session begins at 2:45.

Discussion Summary – click here to read a summary of the discussion.

Readings – a selection of articles, reports, and websites suggested by the panelists for further exploration of these issues

This session was part of the School Readiness Forum series developed by ParentChild+ to explore new ideas to close the achievement gap.

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