National & Trade
- Senate committee makes progress on updates to education law – The Associated Press
- Senate Education Committee Continues Beating Bipartisan Drum on ESEA – Education Week
- Senate Ed. Committee Spars Over Bullying Prevention in ESEA Rewrite; Nears Finish – Education Week
- NCLB, Day Three – Politico Morning Education
- Four key principles for NCLB rewrite that would help vulnerable kids – The Washington Post
- A Busy and Bipartisan Tuesday – Roll Call
- Final committee vote on ‘Every Child Achieves Act’ expected Thursday – Education Dive
- After Cleaning up the NCLB Mess, Then What? – Huffington Post
- Senate Action: What to Know About the Every Child Achieves Act – The Insider (Heritage Foundation)
- Alexander’s education bill allows states to drop Common Core – WBIR NBC
- Bill in Congress Could Fix No Child Left Behind – WHBQ FOX
- Home-Visiting, Children’s Health Insurance Programs Reauthorized – Education Week
- Federal Home Visitation Program Reauthorized; $800M Over Two Years – The Chronicle of Social Change
- Op-ed: Here’s why that ‘Doc Fix’ bill is also smart on crime – The Patriot-News
- Don’t Just Kiss Babies, Promise Them an Education – U.S. News & World Report
- Investing in education: A smart strategy to improve health and curb the costs of care – The Hill
- The Opportunity Challenge – Roll Call
- President Obama Addresses Working Mothers at Charlotte Town Hall Meeting – The Associated Press
- Obama Takes Populist Message to Women Voters – WFAE NPR
- Obama wants to triple child care tax credit – United Press International
- Obama pushes equal pay, child care in NC (video) – The Associated Press
- Obama connects with female bloggers at town hall – The Washington Post
- At Charlotte Town Hall, Obama Pushes Equal Pay, Child Care – ABC 11
- At Charlotte town hall, Obama says working families deserve support – WSOC ABC
- Early years set the stage – Salisbury Post
- Obama hammers on pocketbook issues during Charlotte visit: Pay equity and education highlight town hall – The Charlotte Post
- Editorial: A New Day for the Minimum Wage? – The New York Times
- Fed’s Lacker says U.S. lack of qualified workers could hurt growth – Reuters
- New brain science shows poor kids have smaller brains than affluent kids – The Washington Post
- Report Reveals Lack of Quality Preschools Contributes to Achievement Gap – Education World
Presidential Candidates
Georgia
- Governor’s Education Reform Commission seeks comment – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Idaho
- Child support bill threatens Head Start program – KTVB NBC
Illinois
- Guest View: Human Service investments make fiscal sense – Morris Daily Herald
Kansas
Louisiana
- Opinion: Early childhood education is good investment – The Daily Star
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts House Unveils $38B State Budget, Modest Hike in Spending – The Associated Press
Minnesota
- Senate DFL doesn’t go as far as Dayton on preschool spending – The Associated Press
- Dayton blasts lawmakers over budget bills – Minnesota Public Radio
- Dayton blasts lawmakers over preschool funding issue – KARE NBC
- Dayton’s universal preschool proposal left out of House, Senate education bill – Star Tribune
- Dayton blasts legislative leaders for not supporting universal pre-K – My Fox Twin Cities
- Dayton on legislative budget plans: ‘unacceptable,’ ‘insulting’ – Pioneer Press
- Dayton says Legislature’s education spending plans too small – Pioneer Press
- Letter: Leaving Children Behind – Pioneer Press
North Carolina
- Local support for early childhood education evident at summit – The Times-News
- Early childhood budget trends in North Carolina – The Progressive Pulse
North Dakota
- $3M early childhood funding bill headed to Gov. Dalrymple; Senate endorses House amendments – The Associated Press
- House approves preschool programs – Bismarck Tribune
- Lawmakers Debate State Grants for Early Childhood Education Programs – KXNews CBS
- ND House & Senate Disagree on Pre-K Funding – KVLY NBC
- Reduced early childhood education bill approved by the House – Prairie Public News
Ohio
- Cincinnati Public Schools considers the cost and ways to pay for doubling its preschool classes – WCPO ABC
Pennsylvania
- Wolf promises change; housing finance program introduced at Camp Hill summit – The Sentinel Cumberlink
South Carolina
- Actress Jennifer Garner, a Save the Children advocate, visits SC school – The State
Texas
- Tea Party fights pre-K funds – The Fort Stockton Pioneer
- Lege update: Pre-K bills caught in legislature – Community Impact Newspaper
Virginia
- Early education touted as economic boon – Daily News-Record
Washington state
- Column: Early education for low-income kids buried in red tape – The Seattle Times