Federal policy must target the lower-income families who need access to good childcare the most — aiming to empower parental choice, ensure better use of current federal funds, and promote a much-increased state role in funding childcare.

Katharine Stevens joins a panel at a Senate event to discuss a new, cross-partisan report proposing common-ground policy solutions for families with young children.

Boosting access to high-quality childcare for children from disadvantaged families is an important policy goal. But a large, non-targeted expansion of publicly funded childcare will not be in the best interests of young children overall.

Katharine Stevens shares thoughts with the Institute on Family Studies on the “child care crisis,” what's missing from current early childhood debates, and the launch of CCFP.

Dr. Katharine B. Stevens explains why she founded the Center on Child and Family Policy, the nation’s first think-tank dedicated to early childhood research and policy.

James Heckman joins Katharine Stevens for an in-depth discussion of his interdisciplinary research on human capital development and skill formation over the life cycle, the origins of inequality and social mobility, and the crucial role of families in children’s development.

High-quality childcare is essential for families who need it. But more thought and debate is needed around huge funding proposals with such serious implications for children's lives

We need good schools now more than ever. But it’s hard to see how they’ll be any better after COVID than they’ve been for decades before it.