NY State regent cites ties between business and education
Cashin tells Chamber, ‘You lessened the struggles by providing jobs’
Business owners have an important role to play in educating children, from providing jobs to parents to hiring student interns to helping stabilize communities, according to Dr. Kathleen Cashin, a member of the New York State Board of Regents, who told the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce that she has seen first-hand the positive impact of commerce on kids.
Business owners in communities help families stay afloat which in turn assists children, said Cashin, who was the keynote speaker at a Chamber luncheon in Albany on Monday.
“You lessened the struggles by providing jobs,” Cashin said. “You are concerned about the schools. You are concerned about everybody’s child.”