Kessler Freedheim Lecture: "Integrating early care, education and poverty reduction – A three-pronged approach to supporting child development at scale"

Add to Calendar: Add to Calendar 2023-04-25 11:30:00 2023-04-25 13:00:00 Kessler Freedheim Lecture: "Integrating early care, education and poverty reduction – A three-pronged approach to supporting child development at scale" Event Description The Schubert Center for Child Studies is excited to welcome Dr. Hirokazu Yoshikawa, the Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt, as the featured speaker for this year's annual Kessler-Freedheim Lecture Series. Yoshikawa will examine how racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities that begin in early childhood contribute to vastly different adult outcomes. He will offer evidence-based suggestions for policy changes that, when applied at scale, chart a viable path to opportunity for all children. These changes include paid federal leave for parents of newborns, high-quality childcare assurance and universal preschool. He will also discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the effects of early disparities and review new research on how unconditional cash transfers supports brain development through increased brain activity associated with thinking and learning. Tinkham Veale University Center 11038 Bellflower Road Cleveland, OH 44106 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences America/New_York public