School Readiness Business Summit

Ready At Five and PNC Bank with support from the Partnership for America’s Economic Success, managed by The Pew Center on the States, convened a School Readiness Business Summit to make the business case for investing in early care and education.  The business benefits of investing in early care and education and school readiness were presented by the four Summit speakers.  They included Nancy S. Grasmick, Maryland State School Superintendent; Lydia Logan, Vice President and Executive Director, Institute for a Competitive Workforce, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Sara Watson, Director, Partnership for America’s Economic Success; The Pew Charitable Trusts, and Darcel Kimble, Grow Up Great, PNC Bank.

The speakers conveyed a singular message -School readiness pays rich dividends – educational and economic – for Maryland’s children and communities. Giving children a good start increases the likelihood that they will be successful in school and enter the workforce as productive employees.

An Issue Insights Brief – the business benefits of early care and education and school readiness was released at the Summit. To download a copy of the overview of speakers, overview of summit partners and the powerpoint presentations of each of the speakers, click here:

Overview of Speakers

Overview of Summit Parnters

Early Care and Education: A Proven Approach to Effective Workforce Development by Lydia Logan

Investing in Kids is Economic Development by Sara Watson

PNC Grow Up Great