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

Studies have proven that early childhood education returns to society as much as $12 for every dollar invested. Our goal is to identify the most important development opportunities for children five years and younger, providing insight to transform early childhood education from a social policy issue into an economic imperative.

The key to America's economic future is educating kids as early in their lives as we can.

The number one way that we can address these long-term challenges of poverty, of education, is to invest in early childhood education.

Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.

I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.