{"id":2576,"date":"2020-08-10T11:12:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T18:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/economicintegrity.org\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2020-08-10T11:12:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T18:12:06","slug":"state-local-effort-needed-to-save-child-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/economicintegrity.org\/?p=2576","title":{"rendered":"State, local effort needed to save child care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tucson.com\/opinion\/local\/local-opinion-state-local-effort-needed-to-save-child-care\/article_6a67fb75-7d91-5ea0-a6cf-3ca8f3a321bd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-newspaper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Local Opinion: By Penelope Jacks and Steve Lynn Special for the Arizona Daily Star | August 9, 2020<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtually everybody agrees on the value of high-quality early education as a preparation for success in kindergarten. High-quality early childhood experiences mean that a child is more likely to succeed in school and in life. And that means not only better lives for these future adults, but significant savings for taxpayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the current pandemic environment, the need for high-quality early education is more crucial than ever, not only for the children, but for their parents and grandparents, for community health and for economic recovery. Front-line health and other essential personnel immediately need safe, high-quality care for their children in order to continue to work. 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