All of this directly relates to higher education because such a formative experience in the year after graduating high school increases the value of college.

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We've dramatically expanded early childhood education and will continue to improve its quality, because we know that the most formative learning comes in those first years of life.

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We have dramatically expanded early childhood education and will continue to improve its quality, because we know that the most formative learning comes in those first years of life.

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