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 climate change and early childhood. He is the author of Crawling Behind: America’s Childcare Crisis and How to Fix It (Black Rose, 2019) and a second forthcoming book on child care policy (Oxford University Press, 2025), in addition to several policy reports. Elliot 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. Elliot is regularly sought out by journalists, and has been quoted in such mediums as NPR and TIME Magazine. He lives in Denver with his spouse and two children, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Early Childhood Policy at the University of Colorado-Denver.
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