Beth Meloy

Beth Meloy
Beth Meloy
President,
Meloy Child and Family Policy Solutions

Beth Meloy is president of Meloy Child and Family Policy Solutions, LLC, which consults for the Early Learning and Care Division at the California Department of Education in support of its strategic planning and quality improvement efforts and to help build a system that ensures all California children get high-quality early learning opportunities. Meloy previously served as a senior researcher and policy analyst for the Learning Policy Institute; a social science analyst at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and an executive policy fellow at the Society for Research in Child Development. She received her PhD in developmental and child psychology from Georgetown University.

updated 2019

Publications by Beth Meloy
What It Takes
Access to affordable preschool programs is a crucial issue for improving kindergarten readiness for 3- to 5-year-olds, but research shows that the quality of teaching and learning in those programs is just as essential. Across the country, states…