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 propose working with states to make highquality preschool available to every single child in america. [applause] every dollar we invest in high quality childhood education can save seven dollars later on by boosting regulation rates, reducing teen pregnancy, reducing violent crime. In states that make it a priority to educate our youngest children, like georgia or oklahoma, studies show students grow
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, on Oct. 20, 2023. / Credit: Gianfranco Pinto Ostuni
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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Catholic patriarch of Jeru.
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