Smart Beginnings Virginia has produced a short video on the “workforce pipeline” that highlights the tremendous influence of the earliest years in promoting learning and preventing educational failure.

httpv://youtu.be/dhUDYBjTYkQ

Videos like these should prompt robust questions:

1. What role do families, businesses, schools  and other institutions play in early childhood?
2. Is the “workforce pipeline” an authentic, human way to speak about nurturing young children? What does this say to children about their identity and purpose?