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We're committed to making sure parents have affordable, quality early learning for their kids - there's no question about it.

Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.

Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.

The foundation of a strong economy and job creation begins with providing every child in America with the best possible education, including students with disabilities.

The research clearly demonstrates high-quality early childhood opportunities help children succeed.

Studies have proven that early childhood education returns to society as much as $12 for every dollar invested. Our goal is to identify the most important development opportunities for children five years and younger, providing insight to transform early childhood education from a social policy issue into an economic imperative.

If we don't empower families to be able to have a quality education, then their children - for the first time in American history, truly the first time - will not have the same economic opportunities.

We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.

The number one way that we can address these long-term challenges of poverty, of education, is to invest in early childhood education.

Early childhood education is an urgent educational, economic and moral imperative. Without it, we face a long-term national economic security crisis.