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Ned Lamont: “We're making the biggest down payment on early childhood…”

Featuring: Ned Lamont, Democratic | Governor of Connecticut

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INTERVIEW | Ned Lamont running for 3rd term as Connecticut governor

Published | Video Starts at 04:32

Tell me a little bit about your plans for education, how to expand it, improve it in the next term. I think education starts too late. We're making the biggest down payment on early childhood education. Infant toddler, right through pre K like they have right here at this school. Give those kids a better opportunity, allow mom and dad to get back to work saving young families maybe $10,000 a year in, you know, daycare costs. (04:32–04:36)

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Asserts that Connecticut is making a significant investment in early childhood education.

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