I think that we have to put more emphasis on early learning and pre-school. Now, here is how that connects with all the rest of what we've been talking about. If you have -- if you squander the surplus on a huge tax cut that goes mostly to those at the top, then you can't make education the top priority.
early learning and pre-school are important to them. 
according to the text, they think that we have to put more emphasis on early learning and pre-school. when you want to put more emphasis on something it is because it is important to you. 
( z1 important :ARG1 ( z2 and :op ( z3 learn :ARG0 ( z4 they ) :time ( z5 early ) ) :op ( z6 pre-school ) ) :ARG2 z4 )