PARTNERSHIPS & POSSIBILITIES
Governor's Summit on Education, Workforce, and Economic Development

Beyond Looking Backward: Is Child Care a Key Economic Sector?, James Pratt and David Kay, Cornell University

Bright Start: Louisiana's Commitment to Young Children, Geoffrey Nagle, Director, Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Building Early Childhood Systems: Policy and Finance, Geoffrey Nagle, Director, Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Child Care, Female Employment, and Economic Growth, Jean Kimmel, Western Michigan University

Choice and Accommodation in Parental Child Care Decisions, Marcia K. Meyers and Lucy Jordan, University of Washington

Comparison of Financial Incentives in State's Quality Improvement and Rating Systems, Anne Mitchell and Louise Stoney, Aliance for Early Childhood Finance

Costs, Benefits, and the Long-Term Effects of Preschool Programs, W. Steven Barnett and Debra J. Ackerman, National Institute for Early Education Research, Rutgers University

Keystone Stars: Reaching Higher for Quality Early Learning, Harriet Dichter, Office of Child Development, Pennsylvania Department of Education

Overview: Articulating the Economic Importance of Child Care for Community Development, Mildred E. Warner, Director, Graduate Studies, Cornell University

Pennsylvania Early Learning Keys to Quality Career Lattice, Harriet Dichter, Office of Child Development, Pennsylvania Department of Education

Putting Child Care in the Regional Economy: Empirical and Conceptual Challenges and Economic Development Prospects, Mildred E. Warner, Director, Graduate Studies, Cornell University

Rethinking the Child Care Sector, Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Role of Services in Regional Economy Growth, Mildred E. Warner, Director, Graduate Studies, Cornell University

Shared Services: Building Infrastructure for the Early Care and Education Industry, Anne Mitchell and Louise Stoney, Aliance for Early Childhood Finance

Smarter Reform: Moving Beyond Single-Program Solutions to an Early Care and Education System, Anne Mitchell and Louise Stoney, Aliance for Early Childhood Finance, and Mildred E. Warner, Director, Graduate Studies, Cornell University