
The Path Forward on BBB Must Include Child Care and Universal Pre-K
Rasheed Malik writes about the importance of including child care and universal prekindergarten in Build Back Better.
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Rasheed A. Malik is the director of Early Childhood Policy at American Progress. His work focuses on child care infrastructure and supply, the economic benefits of child care, and bias and discrimination in early childhood policy. Malik’s research has been featured in or cited by The New York Times, Vox, The Washington Post, NPR, Slate, CNNBusiness, and CNBC, among others.
Prior to joining American Progress, Malik was a government affairs and communications associate for the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, an organization with the goal of making the New York Harbor a shared, resilient, and accessible resource for all New Yorkers.
Malik holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in public affairs from Baruch College. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and two young children.
Rasheed Malik writes about the importance of including child care and universal prekindergarten in Build Back Better.
Author Rasheed Malik discusses his experience finding care for his two children in a child care desert.