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40 Years of Child and Family Policy

HIro YoshikawaFor 40 years, the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) has has been a champion of children, aiming to ensure every child a "Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life." On April 10, CDF's milestone will be celebrated at an Askwith Forum featuring an esteemed panel of guests who will examine what we can do to continue -- as the title of a new Harvard Education Press book reads -- improving the odds for America's children. In this edition of the EdCast, New York University Professor Hiro Yoshikawa, co-editor of Improving the Odds For America's Children, discusses the book and what we can expect from the upcoming Askwith Forum celebrating 40 Years of the Children's Defense Fund.  

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