Well, it's so important to be able to form those partnerships.
It cannot continue the journey substantially, cannot complete the journey, without help from the Federal Government.
Thanks so much. And I want to thank Michele for adjusting to the time.
But, the bottom line with that is, you need to hold all programs to the same exact high standards and provide the suppor...
We want to make sure that a program like this doesn't compete with or injure or diminish the chances for funding and con...
Our job, especially those who are elected to public office--no matter what office, no matter what level of government, o...
It's Senate bill 839. It's a bill that I introduced back in 2007 and 2008.
We would urge the committee to consider the model that was in play in SCHIP.
These children left my class ready to be the leaders and role models in their new kindergarten classrooms.
I urge Congress to support funding early childhood programs as they reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education A...
90 percent of a child's brain is formed by the time they're 5 years old.
I really believe, on a lot of this work, there's going to be bipartisanship.
I think--funding is one big obstacle, for sure, when you have the kind of fiscal situation we have.
You said 'Mission: Readiness.'
One of the best ways to do that is to make sure that we make investments in early education.
Pre-K programs are essential in assuring school success for all children.
I think you're going to see some common ground.
So, we'll make sure we have the adjective before pre-K, quality or high quality.
