CSPAN Capitol Hill Hearings February 13, 2013
Unless we also equipped our citizens with the skills and training to fill those jobs. [applause] and that has to start at the earliest possible age. You know, study after study shows that the sooner a child begins learning, the better he or she does down the road. But today fewer than three in 10 fouryearolds are enrolled in a high quality preschool program. Most middleclass parents cannot afford a few hundred bucks a week for a private preschool. And for poor kids, who need help the most, this lack of access to preschool education can shatter them for the rest of their lives. So tonight i pro...