Government affairs The Children’s Defense Fund selected Cathy Grace as director of early childhood development policy. Grace joins the Washington, D.C.-based CDF in July from Mississippi State University, where she directs the Early Childhood Institute, The National Center for Early Childhood Rural Initiatives and is a professor in the College of Education.In a career spanning more than 35 years, Grace has worked as a classroom teacher, directed a university-based early care and education program and served as the early childhood coordinator for the Mississippi Department of Education. She has also served as a consultant to local Head Start agencies and as an advisor to… Read More