Recorded live at the Early Childhood Education Summit within the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit, this session kicked off the afternoon's program. Introduced by Sara Allen, President of the Valhalla Foundation, this session features insights and perspectives from Emily Oster — best-selling author, economist, and CEO of ParentData.

Catch up on the rest of the Early Childhood Education Summit with these episodes:

⁠Artificial Intelligence Meets Relational Intelligence: Building the Future of Early Learning⁠

⁠ChatECE: Empowering Educators and Families with AI⁠

⁠The “Quiet” Crisis: Reversing America’s Early Literacy Problem in the Next Decade ⁠

Navigating the Digital Wild West: Early Childhood Learning in a Screen-Saturated World

Emily Oster Welcome & Keynote