Episode notes
Michigan’s Children’s Speaking for Kids Host Matt Gillard explores Governor
Gretchen Whitmer’s “universal PreK plan” to expand access and eligibility to the
state’s Great Start Readiness Program to all interested families of 4-year-olds.
Presented in the Governor’s recent State of the State address, it’s a bold plan that
has raised interest and some concern among early childhood providers and
advocates. Listen in as Matt welcomes Dawne Bell, CEO of Michigan’s Early
Childhood Investment Corporation, one of the state’s leading voices on early care
and education, and Jeff Capizanno, founder of the Washington, D.C.-based Policy
Equity Group. Capizanno is working with Michigan’s early childhood community
to evaluate how to implement the proposal in Michigan.