Speaker: Early Childhood Programs Key to Arizona’s Economy Now & In Future

Arizona business and political leaders committed to promoting economic development need to consider early childhood education as one of their key strategies, the vice president for a national, business-led public policy organization urged.

“The foundation for the skills needed for America’s 21st Century workforce is developed during the first five years of a child’s life,” said Mike Petro, Vice President and Director of Business and Government Relations for the Washington, D.C.-based Committee for Economic Development. “Yet the United States invests the fewest resources in children this age.”

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