The Final State of the Union
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Summary:
As part of today's #InvestInUs summit, Grammy award-winning artist and early education advocate Shakira and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan answered your questions about early childhood education.
Earlier today, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Grammy award-winning artist Shakira took to Twitter to answer your questions about the early childhood education.
Shakira, who is a member of the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, and a strong advocate for high-quality early education, joined Duncan in highlighting $1 billion in new public and private commitments that were announced as part of today’s White House Summit on Early Education.
At the Summit, President Obama reiterated his call to expand access to high-quality early childhood education to every kid in America, and announced the launch of the Invest In Us initiatitive. The new initiative challenges public and private partners, business leaders, philanthropists, advocates, elected officials, and individuals to build a better nation by expanding high-quality early childhood education.
Take a look at the full #ShakiraEdChat Q&A below, or over on Storify, and check out Shakira's new PSA videos on InvestInUs.org.
