Early Education News – Daily Digest

Kris Perry, FFYF and Invest in US Coverage

Free Webinar to Analyze Findings That Investing in Early Education is Bipartisan Education World

Poll Finds Growing Support for Expanded Federal Spending on Early Education Education Week Online

Poll Finds Pre-K is Top Priority POLITICO

Poll: Voters Back Childhood Education Investments Equal Voice

Poll: Voters increasingly support early education investments EdSource

The Early Childhood Challenge for Philanthropists Stanford Social Innovation Review

National News

Arne Duncan, John King Talk Higher Graduation Rates, ESEA, and Testing Education Week Online

MacArthur Foundation Launches Nonprofit to Scale Up Digital Learning Education Week Online

One in Four Kindergartners Not Ready to Learn, Study Finds Philanthropy News Digest

Ten Reasons Why Early Childhood Education Pays Off Bloomberg Businessweek

Arizona

Arizona Grapples With How to Boost Spending on Schools Education Week Online

Kentucky

Preschool funding dominates lieutenant governor debate Associated Press

Massachusetts

Red tape keeps day-care centers from healthy meals program, report finds – The Boston Globe Boston Globe Online

Montana

Republican legislators urge rejection of $40M federal preschool grant Missoulian

Utah

Goldman Sachs paid to expand pre-K in Utah. It worked. Vox