It's about our children

Posted on 07/28/2011 @ 12:56 PM

A recent blog post in Early Eye on Education details the 2011 National Business Summit on Early Childhood Investment, which drew attendees from 34 states to Boston to share experiences and commit themselves to advocate for high-quality early education.

The summit's agenda included presentations on funding and the economic impacts of investments in early childhood. Business leaders from around the country talked about their efforts to increase investments in young children.

David Lawrence, chairman of The Children’s Movement of Florida and president of The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation, talked about creating a political movement for children in Florida and about the successful referendum in Miami-Dade County in which voters okayed an increase in property taxes to fund services for children. “A movement can only be about all children,” Lawrence said. “It can never be about other children. It’s about our children.”

To read the full blog post, click here.