I can never understand way a country such as ours who's leaders personally "value" education for their own families, refuse to invest in their own countries future. They would rather pour Billions into an overburden judicial system and overcrowded incarceration system, but not invest Millions in young minds to prevent learned street traits from overtaking school teachings.
We already know the value of early child development, because most of our families believed in it. Remember, no one ever got to choose their parents, we are each others keepers.