Dannel Malloy Quotes

My People First Education plan includes universal pre-K for 3- and 4-year-olds, because the research is very clear that if you have a dollar to spend in education, it's best spent early on with high-quality pre-K so that kids can get off to a strong start.

What we need is an education system that works for every child, not a select few. This starts with providing a quality education for our youngest Americans so they can learn, grow, and become prosperous citizens.

Access to quality early care and education is an important part of our efforts to make San Francisco more equitable, and ensure that every child who grows up here can thrive.

Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program.

Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.

If you're around the system any length of time, it becomes obvious you have to attack the problem at its root and get to 7- and 8-year old kids.

Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.

I want to make sure every child has the opportunity for quality education.

I believe that every child in Maryland deserves a world-class education, regardless of what neighborhood they grow up in.

Regardless of their parent's income or zip code, every child in Georgia deserves access to a high-quality, affordable education.

Head Start is designed to ensure that all children - regardless of their family's income, race, or ethnic background - are able to enter kindergarten ready to learn.

Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.

During consideration in the Education and the Workforce Committee this year, Democrats and Republicans worked constructively together to improve the delivery of Head Start services to the target populations.

Every child should be given a strong start to their education.

Head Start's ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America's future success.

The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children.

Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.

I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.

It is imperative to change the way we look at education. We should invest in the foundation of school readiness from birth to age 5.

Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.

Governor Romney has said nothing about preschool. I think that giving the poorest kids in America wonderful preschool, and three years of it, starting when they are two-and-a-half, is absolutely crucial.

I have long been a supporter of the Head Start program because each and every year I witness the dramatic positive impact that early intervention services have on children's lives in my congressional district.

Americans thinking that America will continue to lead the world in innovation and quality of life without some quick and serious educational improvements are dangerously delusional.

Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.

President-elect Bush spoke in a forceful and candid manner that it is his passion that all children should have access to a first class education.