Boston College Front Row

Child development and social policy expert Joan Lombardi, M.Ed. ’73, Ph.D., discussed the evolution—and future—of early childhood education in the United States. A former Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services (2009–11), Lombardi explored progress made since the emergence of Head Start, the dramatic shifts in our understanding of the influence of the early years on later outcomes, and where the field is moving.