President Barack Obama talked a lot about his views on education during the Presidential Debates. He repeatedly said that he thought education was very important and wanted more money to be given to education, with better treatment for teachers. Recently, President Obama followed through with his earlier speeches, pledging $10 billion to Early Childhood Education. Even with the current economic recession, President Obama continues to stress the importance of investing in education. Many other major philanthropists and the chairman of the Federal Reserve have commented that expanding early childhood education should be made a national priority, and many have given money towards education. Research has been done showing that each dollar donated to young children can eliminate further government spending on remedial education, teenage pregnancy and prisons. Experts call the early childhood education system fantastically fragmented, unconscionably underfinanced and bureaucratically bewildering. President Obama's platform emphasizes extending care to infants and toddlers, and placing poor children at a higher priority. His platform also provides new federal financing for states coming out with programs to serve young children of all incomes. For many years, conservatives fought many early childhood initiatives, but resistance has faded in recent years. I think that Mr. Obama's stand on education and the need for more money in the field is very good for the economy. Mr. Obama spoke about his want to increase funding in the Presidential Debates, and all the things he said gave teachers and students alike hope for the early childhood education system.
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