My hope is we can get this idea going on a way--at least we've got a place now to really think about results-oriented--not just what-you-oug...
There's a direct correlation. When we made investments, we actually had an impact on all of this.
We've shifted the attitude toward parents, and parents have come forward, the poorest of parents.
I need to be at that PTA meeting. I need to be at that sporting event. I need to go have that session for an hour with my child's teacher to...
Yes. Maybe we ought to bring together--that would be interesting--I know there are good people in some of these chains that--
Senator Alexander spoke to that. And he, as well, can claim some credit for the success we've achieved.
This really ought not to be an ideological debate. It's a ludicrous commentary on our times that we're unable to come to some decent conclus...
The burnout is just overwhelming.
I think, actually, welfare reform played some positive role in getting more parents work, but it was welfare reform, accompanied by a range ...
Today, I ask that you challenge Congress to work with us to build a strong and sustained movement.
they may be the first generation of Americans that does less well than their parents.
The state of our children is not simply a failure of government or of schools; it is a failure of all of us.
The Children's Health Insurance Program is a tremendous stride in that direction, enacted in a bipartisan way.
9.1 million children on a yearly average were getting assistance through the welfare system.
The overwhelming majority of cash welfare recipients are children.
I invite people who like history to go back and look at what we did during the war years between 1941 and 1945.
We are now trying to get paid leave because, obviously, that is a burden.
Every dollar we invest in early childhood development saves $10.
