Early childhood education has been stated to be the most effective economic development tool available to states. It's time to recognize that as we are seeing more buoyancy in our economy, it's time to address this, or we will fall further behind our neighboring states and our international competitors.

We're getting ready for the future. We've cultivated and planted a garden and it's starting to grow. We need to keep doing that the rest of the season.

We're getting better and better each time we play. We did all the right things tonight. It was nice to see it all come together.