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A Poor Child Who Receives High-quality Early Childhood Development Is 40 Percent Less Likely To Need Special Education, Twice As Likely To Attend College And Dramatically More Likely To Survive Childhood.

My Dad Is A Writer, And To See Him Always In Front Of A Typewriter Gave Me The Inspiration To Write. He Was My Idol, My Hero. I Wanted To Be Just Like Him.

Education Spurs Growth And Unlocks Potential. After All, A Single Year Of Primary Education Creates A 10 To 20 Percent Increase In A Woman's Wages Later In Life. Education Lowers The Risk Of Disease And Decreases The Likelihood That A Child Will Fall Into Violence And Crime. And A Child Born To A Literate Mother Is 50 Percent More Likely To Survive Past Age Five. No Country Has Achieved Sustained Growth Without At Least 40 Percent Literacy For Its Adults.

If You Can Prove The Existence Of God, It Can Only Be Proven Through Love.

The First Years Of A Child's Life Are Too Important For A Child's Future - Their Development, Earnings, Behavior, And Health - For Anyone To Ignore.