Upon its debut in 2012, the new channel will feature animated and live action programming that blends Disney's unparalleled storytelling and beloved characters with learning, including early math, language skills, healthy eating and lifestyles, and social skills.

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We can see it in the classrooms that are experimenting with groundbreaking reforms, and giving children new math and science skills at an early age.

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So, New Hampshire, I need you to help me recruit 100, 000 math and science teachers, and improve early-childhood education, and give 2 million workers the skills they need at community colleges, and help colleges and universities cut tuition growth in half over the next 10 years.

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So I need you to help me recruit 100, 000 new math and science teachers, improve early-childhood education, give 2 million workers the chance to learn skills at the community college that will lead directly to a job.

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All skills begin with the basics of reading and math, which are supposed to be learned in the early grades of our schools.

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