The Pennsylvania Business Leader Summit on Early Childhood Investment was co-hosted by Pennsylvania Key/Berks County Intermediate Unit, PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.

This event provided an educational forum to significant business leaders from across Pennsylvania on the importance of public investment in early childhood education relative to Pennsylvania's economic development. Attendance to this event was by invitation only.

For more information about this event and summit materials, please visit Pennsylvania's Promise for Children.

Agenda

You can view the agenda here.

Summit Materials

• Speakers' biographies.
• View the Call to Action.
• Read information on Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts.
• See the Returns on Investments for investing in early childhood development in Pennsylvania.
• Read about the SPECS research on child and program outcomes.
• Read the "What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?"research brief.
• Read about Pennsylvania's Child Care Works subsidy.
• Read more about what the Office of Child Development and Early Learning does.
• See the "Call to Take Action" handout.
• View the summit presentations at PBS 39.

Speakers

Peter J. Danchak, President, PNC Bank - Northeast Region

Harriet Dichter, Esq., Deputy Secretary, Office of Child Development and Early Learning, Departments of Public Welfare and Education

Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., Director, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University (Presentation)

The Honorable Robert P. Casey, Jr., United States Senator for Pennsylvania, U.S. Congress

Robert H. Dugger, Ph.D, Managing Director, Tudor Investment Corporation

Rob Grunewald, Associate Economist, Federal Reserve Bank - Minneapolis (Presentation)

Lydia M. Logan, Vice President and Executive Director, Institute for a Competitive Workforce, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Presentation)

Philip A. Peterson, Senior Vice President, Aon Consulting

Media Coverage

Watch a video recordings of sessions during the Pennsylvania Summit at PBS 39.

Read an article about the Pennsylvania Summit in the American Chronicle.

See what PennLive.com had to say about the Pennsylvania Summit.

Post-summit letters to the editor(all in DOC format):

• Dennis Brenckle and Tom King. "Early education benefits everyone." June 13, 2009. The Centre Daily Times.
• Philip A. Peterson and John M. Eller. "Guest Column: Funding early-childhood education is priority." July 6, 2009. The Delaware County Times.
• Nick Scott Jr. "To grow, Erie needs quality education." June 19, 2009. Erie Times News.
• Click here for Allan S. Miller's letter to the editor, submitted July 28, 2009 to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
• Charlene A. Friedman. "Is Senate Bill 850 'Responsible'?"
• Jack Brennan and Lynne Abraham. "Early education saves state money." May 18, 2009. Philadelphia Inquirer.
• Ed Donley. "Early education benefits economy, quality of life in Pennsylvania." June 19, 2009. Allentown Morning Call.
• Lloyd Lamm and Charles Kellar. "Early education programs provide foundation for learning." June 19, 2009. Harrisburg Patriot News.
• Vincentina Taylor. "Early education programs are good investment." July 3, 2009. Harrisburg Patriot News.