shrinking budgets slowed or stopped kindergarten programs. as a result, many 3-year-old and 4-year-olds aren t going to pre-school and they should be. a poor child who hasn t gone to a quality preschool enters kindergarten behind. children of the wealthiest families are at the top. those lines trend down as you go down the economic ladder. what s worse? many never catch up. research shows they need special education services and drop out. science tells us we have to invest in kids early. the math, local and state levels say kurt, cut, cut. a senior associate dean at school of continuing studies, sam is a former new york city schoolteacher. welcome to both of you this morning. thank you. chris, let s start with politics. how would governor romney improve education for those who can t afford preschools to close the gap? i think he would do a couple things. i don t think the issue really is how much money, i think the issue is, is the money being used appropriately? we l