How Gov. Whitmer’s Universal PreK Plan Impacts Early Childhood

Speaking for Kids, the podcast from Michigan’s Children by Michigan's Children

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.

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