Early Education News — Daily Digest

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

• Hillary Clinton impresses Iowa lawmakers – CNN

 

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

• Preschool education might be the most important for a child – KSNT ABC

 

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