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Elliot Haspel is a nationally recognized child and family policy expert and commentator, with specialties in early childhood and education issues, as well as the linkage between childhood and climate. He is the author of “Crawling Behind: America’s Childcare Crisis and How to Fix It” (Black Rose, 2019).

Haspel has appeared on television as an analyst, including on The PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff, and his writings have appeared in a wide variety of top publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic. Hasepl is regularly sought out by journalists and quoted in mediums like The New York Times, NPR, and TIME Magazine. He has been the keynote speaker at several early childhood events and has been asked to moderate major panel discussions, including one on child care hosted by Save The Children as part of the 2020 Democratic National Convention.