Benefits Quote by Timothy J. Bartik

Early childhood education remains one of the strongest investments we can make in the long-term success of our students and the long-term economic strength…

— Abigail Spanberger

Studies have proven that early childhood education returns to society as much as $12 for every dollar invested. Our goal is to identify the…

— J. B. Pritzker

Economic research demonstrates that tax dollars spent in early childhood development provide extraordinary return on investment-16% for high quality programs

— Robert Greenwald

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

— J. B. Pritzker

I believe that investing in our children's development from the earliest age is the single most important contribution we can make to the health…

— Jay Weatherill

We have lots of evidence that putting investments in early childhood education, even evidence from very hard-nosed economists, is one of the very best…

— Alison Gopnik

The best way to improve the American workforce in the 21st century is to invest in early childhood education, to ensure that even the…

— James Heckman

If we expect our children to thrive at our colleges and universities, and succeed in our economy once they graduate - first we must…

— Kirsten Gillibrand

New York rushed to get students into early childhood programs, but the research is clear that it has to be high quality. What we…

— Pedro Noguera

Investing in living-wage jobs and reducing the inequities between local school districts would give young people more, not less, incentive to postpone childbearing and…

— Stephanie Coontz

Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to…

— Jane Fonda

It used to be said that this country was a child-centered one. Nothing could be further from the truth. Children have been our lowest…

— Gloria Steinem