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Importance of Early Childhood Education on developing brains

How do you build a brain? And how do the first 2000 days of a child's life determine intelligence, health, wealth and happiness long-term? Those are the questions asked in our latest installment of Cleveland Connects, a community conversation. It's especially timely because even as Cuyahoga County is cutting it's budget, County Executive Armond Budish is asking for $10 million to fund high quality preschools. Ideastream's education reporter Mark Urycki examines why the experts say that good early childhood education is so important.