Obama the Early Childhood Advocate

Wouldn't it be something if a head of state devoted an entire speech to early childhood education? Well, that is exactly what President Obama did on February 14 in Decatur, Georgia. Although the early childhood proposals in his State of the Union address are being hotly debated, the strong, informed case he made for early childhood education was unprecedented. In referring to time he spent at the College Heights Early Learning Center, he commented...

"...I was working with children to build towers, to replicate sculptures, and sing songs... through this interactive learning they are learning math, writing, and how to tell stories. And, one of the things you have done in Decatur that is wonderful, is that you have combined kids from different income levels, you have disabled children in all the same classrooms, so that you are all learning together."

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