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Rasheed A. Malik is the senior 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.
The United States suspends or expels preschool children with disabilities at an alarming rate.
The new National Survey of Children’s Health sheds some light on a troubling epidemic.
Author Rasheed Malik discusses his experience finding care for his two children in a child care desert.
New analysis finds that in 2016, 2 million parents had to quit a job, not take a job, or greatly change their job because of problems with child care.
CAP’s geographic study of child care markets finds that approximately half of Americans across 22 states live in areas with an undersupply of child care options.
New analysis of President Donald Trump’s child care plan shows he’s already turned his back on the middle-class families that elected him.
A new analysis of President Trump’s child care plan finds that a typical family in Trump swing counties should expect less than $10 in net benefits.
Research finds that implicit bias begins in preschool and may explain disproportionate suspension rates for African American boys.
The cost of quality child care is well-documented, but less attention is given to the persistent undersupply of child care centers.
This interactive map displays the locations of the nation’s child care deserts, which contain 42 percent of the children under age 5 across eight states.
While the child care crisis means all families have poor choices, African American families have even fewer options.
