You know, it takes me forever to change my ways, you know, and, and for a, for a little kid like that, they're able to absorb so much information and their brains are so malleable. It's something like a thousand neural connections are formed every second in those first three years of a child's life. And so having high quality universal early childhood education for every kid in the country, regardless of their zip code, regardless of their skin color, could be a game changer. (08:58–09:06)
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Asserts that a thousand neural connections form every second in the first three years of life.
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