This episode was recorded on December 14th, 2023. Katharine Stevens is founder and CEO of the Center on Child and Family Policy (CCFP). Prior to launching CCFP, she served for more than six years as a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), leading AEI’s early-childhood program. Before joining AEI, Dr. Stevens founded and led Teachers for Tomorrow, one of the first teacher-apprenticeship programs in the United States, which recruited and trained teachers for New York City’s lowest-performing schools. She has a Ph.D. in education policy from Columbia University, an M.Ed. from Teachers College, an MBA from Columbia Business School, and a B.A. in US history from the University of Chicago.   Find more from Katherine: Website: https://www.ccfp.org/ Why I’m Founding CCFP: https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/why-im-founding-ccfp Raising Young Children at Home: https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/raising-young-children-at-home How Family Policy Debates Sometimes Ignore the Family Itself: https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/how-family-policy-debates-sometimes-ignore-the-family-itself Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation's Children: https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/universal-child-care-a-risky-experiment-with-our-nations-children The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&A with James Heckman: https://www.ccfp.org/ccfp/the-role-of-families-in-human-flourishing-my-long-read-qa-with-james-heckman   Connect with me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tammy.m.peterson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TammyPetersonPodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tammypetersonpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tammy1Peterson Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/TammyPetersonPodcast