Early Education and the Future of the Massachusetts Economy

Please join us for a discussion on early childhood education
as an economic development strategy
Associated Industries of Massachusetts • Center for Education Research & Policy at MassINC • Massachusetts High Technology Council • Massachusetts Biotechnology Council • Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education • Verizon • The Early Education for All Campaign • Strategies for Children, Inc.

Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Verizon Auditorium
185 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts

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Opening
Paul O'Brien, President, The O'Brien Group, Inc., Early Education for All Campaign Co-Chair
 
Keynote
Arthur Rolnick, Senior Vice-President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
"Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return"
 
Moderator
Paul Reville, Executive Director, The Center for Education Research and Policy at MassINC
 
Panel
Mara Aspinall, President, Genzyme Genetics, Early Education for All Campaign Co-Chair
Roger Brown, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc
The Honorable Thomas Finneran, Speaker, Massachusetts House of Representatives
Kathleen Kelley, President, Massachusetts Federation of Teachers
Rosa Smith, President, The Schott Center for Public and Early Education
The Honorable Robert Travaglini, President, Massachusetts State Senate
 
Special Presentation
Mike Sheehan, President and CEO, Hill, Holiday, Connors, Cosmopulos Inc
 
Earlier this year, Arthur Rolnick, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, co-authored a paper entitled "Early Childhood Development: Economic Development With A High Public Return" --to national acclaim--which concluded that "dollars invested in early childhood development yield extraordinary public returns." Mr. Rolnick's research interests range from the economics of federalism to the economics of early childhood development. He has a doctorate in economics from the University of Minnesota, and has been a visiting professor of economics at the University of Chicago, the University of Minnesota, and Boston College.