garden state cohn reznick accounting, tax, and advisory where forward thinking creates results and by adler aphasia center helping stroke and brain injury survivors recover their speech promotional support provided by new jersey monthly the magazine of the garden state available at newsstands and commerce magazine [music playing] [music playing] hi i'm steve adubato we're talking pre k. what does it mean why does it matter? we're here talking with our good friend stephen barnett who is director of the national institute for early education research at rutgers university good to see you steve >>good to see you >>early childhood education matters because? >>because it's the first step on a path to success and because it's important in its own right as a valuable time in a child's life and it also intersects with providing childcare so parents can work >>you and your colleagues did a very comprehensive study it was called the apples study. what was it? why did that matter? >>well apples is a study of what's probably the highest quality preschool program on the planet. which is in what are call

garden state cohn reznick accounting tax and advisory where forward thinking creates results and by adler aphasia center helping stroke and brain injury survivors recover their speech promotional support provided by new jersey monthly the magazine of the garden state available at newsstands and commerce magazine [music playing] [music playing] welcome to caucus new jersey i'm steve adubato far too many children enter school not prepared. clearly a strong foundation in early education plays a big role in success later in life. here to discuss the importance of early childhood education we have on our panel steven barnett director of the national institute for early education research at rutgers university kimberly baxter mclain president and ceo foundation for newark's future molly dunn executive director of preschool advantage and finally cecilia zalkind executive director of advocates for children of new jersey cecilia you were just telling us you've been with us many times over the years this is not your 30th anniversary at this great organization? >>[laughter] it is i started there whi

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officer: for the information of the senate, with respect to the votes to confirm the coloretti and adler nominations, the motion to reconside-- the motionto reconse table and the president will be immediately note signified t senate's action. the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: last week before the thanksgiving holidays, our colleague from across the iecialtion the senior senator from new york, gave a very significant speech at the national press club. of course, senator schumer is not just the senior senator from new york. he's an important member of the democratic leadership here in the united states senate. but in that speech, he said what many on this side of the aisle have been saying for the last four years, and that is while giving a speech about the midterm elections, senator schumer stated that his party, the democratic party, by making passage of obamacare their top priority after they won the election of 2008, they -- quote -- "blew the opportunity the american people had given them." close quote. he said they did so by -- quote -- "focusing on the wrong problem." what i think