Following her testimony at the Senate Finance Committee’s hearing on “Examining the State of Child Care,” Katharine Stevens answered Senators’ questions on four key childcare policy topics.

Katharine joins the Tammy Peterson Podcast to discuss the vital role of family in early childhood development and the need for better policy to support parents and children.

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.

Federal policymakers should aim to: 1) Boost choice for low-income parents. 2) Shore up family childcare. 3) Break down bureaucratic silos to amplify impact of current funding. 4) Leverage a broader range of federal funds. 5) Promote state leadership in early care and education.

Dr. Katharine Stevens joins host Nic Dunn of the Sutherland Institute to help recenter true pro-family policy at the core of public debates and offer policymakers and voters a framework for a better approach.

Is Build Back Better really dead? Katharine B. Stevens analyzes the childcare and universal preschool provisions of BBB, revealing a detailed legislative blueprint of an increasingly influential vision for America’s young children: federally-controlled preschool programs for all children from birth onwards.

Katharine B. Stevens joins an expert panel at RISE 2023 to discuss the policy and practice of supporting a mixed delivery system and parental choice in early education.

Katharine Stevens joins Naomi Schaefer Riley and Ian Rowe on Are You Kidding Me? to discuss the importance of families in child development, how to better utilize existing systems to improve outcomes for children, and the role of public policy in creating cultural change.

Dr. Katharine B. Stevens joins Traci DeVette Griggs of Family Policy Matters Radio to discuss the drivers of early brain development, how we can support families to help children thrive, and why this is a pivotal moment for early childhood policy.

Katharine B. Stevens joins Emily Jashinsky on the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss the science and policy of early development. Is “public education starting at birth” the right policy approach in early childhood?

Dr. Katharine B. Stevens joins Saurabh Sharma on American Moment’s Moment of Truth to discuss child and family policy in the U.S. and what young children truly need to thrive.

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.

Katharine Stevens unpacks a study showing that universal state-run preschool is likely to cause long-term harm to children overall.

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.

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.

A profoundly faulty generalization, plucked from the brilliant work of Nobel-prize winning economist James Heckman, is sabotaging early childhood policy and jeopardizing the well-being of America’s young children today.

Four early childhood leaders join Katharine Stevens to discuss their vision for more effective program-family partnerships in a post-pandemic world.

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.

Large proportions of the nation’s most vulnerable children lack access to high-quality child care. Instead of pushing a big government expansion of child care, that is the emergency we should urgently be aiming to address.