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

I'm the son of a pediatrician, and I do believe that the most important resource we have is our kids. And I think the most important thing for America's future is to invest more in our children.

The top priority is leaving no child behind. We want accountability in the system, and we want schools to recognize they have a responsibility to teach students.

In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children's classrooms and in their future.

We must make children and families a national priority.

Keeping our kids engaged and in school must become a national priority.

Ensuring all kids have access to an effective, talented teacher needs to be a national priority.

If we expect our children to thrive at our colleges and universities, and succeed in our economy once they graduate - first we must make quality, affordable early childhood education accessible to all.

No child should be left behind - I've heard this from President Obama. And here, we say in Latin America, no country should be left behind.

Our first priority is our kids.