Susan Ochshorn is the founder of the consulting firm ECE PolicyWorks (www.ecepolicyworks.com). She has served in a number of advisory positions, including on the council of the Early Learning Initiative at the Education Commission of the States. A former journalist, Ochshorn has written for Parenting, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. She blogs at the Huffington Post and ECE Policy Matters, the go-to place for early childhood teachers, those who train them, and the decisionmakers who determine their professional course.