Early Education News — Daily Digest

National & Trade

• Opinion: How Education Policy Went Astray – The Atlantic
  • Leadership Groups Urge Congress to Expand Access to Early Education – Education Week
  • ESEA Compromise Includes a Few Steps Forward for Early Learning – EdCentral
  • Let the NCLB Fireworks Begin – Politico Pro
  • What to Expect at the Senate Education Committee Markup of the NCLB Rewrite – Education Week
  • Editorial: The bill to revise No Child Left Behind is deficient – The Washington Post
  • Opinion: Why the Senate’s proposed No Child Left Behind rewrite doesn’t go far enough – The Washington Post
  • Is it a student’s civil right to take a federally mandated standardized test? – The Washington Post
  • NEA: No Child Left Behind rewrite doesn’t level the playing field – The Washington Post
  • Opinion: On education law, Congress has a chance to get it right – Los Angeles Daily News
  • Finally, some movement on NCLB with Nebraska in the discussion – Lincoln Journal Star
  • The U.S. Senate wants to rewrite No Child Left Behind; how would it change public schools? – Lancaster Online
  • No Child Left Behind rewrite: educators, parents react – Lancaster Online
• Report debunks ‘earlier is better’ academic instruction for young children – The Washington Post
• Without Financial Aid, a Preschool is Out of Reach – The New York Times “Motherlode”
• Senate Returns to an Immediate ‘Doc Fix’ Deadline – Roll Call
• Ahead of the Curve: Investing in Early education pays off – Brown Political Review
• Working, but Needing Public Assistance Anyway – The New York Times

 

Presidential Candidates

• Clinton Campaign to Focus on Economic Security, Opportunity – The Associated Press
  • Hillary Clinton and Education: What’s Her Record? What Will She Campaign On? – Education Week
  • Why Hillary Clinton will probably try to impress moms in 2016 – The Washington Post
  • What Hillary Clinton’s campaign announcement video tells us – The Washington Post
  • Column: Hillary Clinton’s role model? Bush 41 – The Washington Post
  • What Hillary Clinton Would Need to Do to Win – The New York Times
  • The Hillary Machine – The Wall Street Journal
  • What losing in 2008 taught Hillary about how to win in 2016 – Vox
  • Hillary Is In: The challenge for the New Populism – Huffington Post
  • Hillary Clinton On Education: 8 Things The Presidential Candidate Wants You To Know – Forbes
  • Clinton to run as ‘tenacious’ economic ‘fighter,’ reports say – The Hill
  • Clinton taps Harvard professor’s ideas on social mobility – Boston Globe
• Marco Rubio’s education plan is pretty much like President Obama’s – Fusion
• Clinton jumps into race, Rubio will follow – The Washington Post

 

Alaska

• Wielechowski: Majority’s proposed budget cuts against Alaskan values – Alaska Dispatch News

 

California

• Pre-K for some, not for others – U-T San Diego
• LAUSD preschools could close because of budget woes – Los Angeles Daily News
  • LAUSD Defies Obama, Cuts Pre-School Program – Breitbart California
  • LAUSD board weighs climbing costs, cuts without a budget – KPCC NPR

 

Colorado

• Guest Commentary: Pay-for-success works – The Denver Post

 

Florida

• Opinion: Children’s services tax requires careful vetting – Tallahassee Democrat
• Children’s Week promotes issues of Florida’s young people – Tallahassee Democrat
• Commentary: Pair early childhood education, early parenthood education – Palm Beach Post

 

Hawaii

• Island Voices: Save preschool opportunities for at-risk children – Honolulu Star Advertiser
• STEPS cares for young keiki – The Garden Island

 

Idaho

• Guest Opinion: Idaho Investment in high-quality early learning is a no-brainer – Idaho Statesman
• The 2015 Session: What Passed, And What It Means – Idaho Ed News
• The Business Case for Preschool: John Pepper – Idaho Public Television

 

Illinois

• Letter: Success in education: Early start is crucial – The News-Gazette
• Rauner pitches reform in meeting with EDN editorial board – The Effingham Daily News

 

Indiana

• Ritz comes to northeast Ind. to promote early childhood education – WANE CBS

 

Kansas

• Children need many positive relationships – The Garden City Telegram

 

Maine

• Maine Voices: Expanded pre-K programs are required to drive economic growth in Maine – Portland Press Herald

 

Maryland

• Men need to step up on ‘women’s issues’ – and four did in Maryland – The Washington Post

 

Michigan

• Early education where it matters most – WOOD NBC

 

Minnesota

• How many kids need preschool in Minnesota? – Pioneer Press
• Letter: Any investment in early learning is a good one – DL-Online
• Minnesota Celebrates Week of the Young Child – Public News Service

 

Mississippi

• Column: Handcuffing Legislature over MAEP could backfire – The Clarion-Ledger
• Column: Bryant confronts tale of two Mississippis – Mississippi Business Journal

 

Montana

• Letter: Urge legislators to support pre-K – Missoulian
• Opinion: Law enforcement supports investing in schooling 4-year-olds – Great Falls Tribune

 

Nevada

• Opinion: Amend bill to allow ESL programs to receive funding – Nevada Appeal

 

New Jersey

• Public, Private Funds Help Expand Preschool Access to More Needy Kids in NJ – NJ Spotlight

 

New Mexico

• Governor Signs $6.235 Billion State Budget – Los Alamos Daily Post
• M. Extra-Days Program Aimed at Some Low-Income K-3 Students – Education Week

 

North Carolina

• Column: Family Services wins timely victory for all – Winston-Salem Journal
• Doctor’s orders: Have fund learning to read – Times-News

 

North Dakota

• Column: Every child deserves a strong start – Inforum
• Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation getting $2.9 million toward early childhood education – The Associated Press
• Opinion: ND trails other states in early childhood education – Grand Forks Herald

 

Ohio

• Local Groups Work Toward Kindergarten Readiness For Latino Students – WYSO NPR

 

Oregon

• Plan in the works for new Oregon education advisory council – KATU ABC

 

Pennsylvania

• PA First Lady Frances Wolf visits Pottstown PEAK early childhood programs – The Pottstown Mercury
  • Education is priority: Gov. Tom Wolf and Frances Wolf visit local schools – The Pottstown Mercury
  • Pennsylvania’s first lady visits Pottstown School District – Reading Eagle

 

South Carolina

• Editorial: SC Legislature still must reform education, ethics, find a roads fix – The State
• Commentary: Let’s invest in our future – our children – Spartanburg Herald Journal

 

Tennessee

• Commentary: Compassion isn’t enough to break cycle of poverty – Knoxville News Sentinel

 

Texas

• New bill helping to create better state pre-K programs – KGNS NBC
• Ashby: Proposed legislation provides meaningful tax relief (mentions House Bill 4 on pre-K) – The Lufkin News
• Opinion: Let data produce sound decision-making for pre-K – Austin American-Statesman
• Commentary: State Rep.: House pre-K bill gives districts option for funding – Herald Democrat
• Opinion: Parental engagement vital in education – San Antonio Express-News

 

Utah

• Preschool program is innovative way to help families – Deseret News
  • UPSTART helping kids practice reading before kindergarten – Daily Herald
• Editorial: Utah’s changing preschool attitude long overdue – The Salt Lake Tribune
• Utah has second-smallest percentage of 4-year-olds enrolled in public preschool – ABC 4 Utah

 

Virginia

• Organizations partner to benefit early childhood education – The Southwest Times

 

Washington state

• Editorial: Senate tuition plan sets worthy goal – The Olympian
• Capitol Dispatch: With session ending, bills’ fate still uncertain – Longview Daily News
• Washington State Early-Ed. Bill Passes, Funding Debate Continues – Education Week

 

Wisconsin

• Early childhood education expands in Fox Cities – Appleton Post Crescent