that me end by handing it off to jack brennan. one aspect of early education that is often overlooked is that many of the nation's business leaders are strong supporters of quality preschool programs. they know early learning puts our children on a path to becoming the well-prepared workforce they really need. jack is the chairman emeritus chairmanthe vanguard group. he served as chairman from 1996- 2009. thank you very much, jack. >> thank you very much. the advantage of the last before thanka -- one more thing you for this work. i'm here to represent the beneficiaries of the investments. one of the great things about the commentary that preceded me was describing this investment. leadershe way business you this. -- leaders view this. while the trend data is disturbing the fact of the matter is there is a good news --ollary, which is recognizing this investment as absolutely critical to our future and very high return on investment. some of the data secretary duncan mentioned israel. i can tell you when i talk to other business l