Spring 2020 By All Means Convening Keynote Address

Why are the early years of a child’s life so important for both school readiness and lifelong health? How do the experiences we provide affect current “whole child” development and future wellbeing? How do social and economic inequities in the early childhood period contribute to the striking disparities in susceptibility to COVID-19 we are seeing in the current health crisis?

Our keynote speaker—Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., Director of Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child and Professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Graduate School of Education—will address the vital role that science-based innovation in early childhood policy and practice can play in achieving long-term, positive outcomes for youth, especially in the wake of a global pandemic.

The discussion will be moderated by Paul Reville, Founder and Director of the Education Redesign Lab; Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education; and Former Massachusetts Secretary of Education.

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