FFYF Coverage
- Granite State Rumblings: Making the Case for Expanding Head Start Programs (includes FFYF Head Start fadeout analysis) – NH Labor News
National & Trade
- Opinion: It’s jobs, stupid – Tribune News Service
- Center for American Progress: Put Away the Champagne – U.S. News & World Report
- Arne Duncan fears Ky school efforts may stall – The Courier-Journal
- US education secretary Duncan stresses post-high school education during visit to Kentucky – The Associated Press
- S. Sec. of Ed. visits Louisville to discuss education progress – WLKY CBS
- The Lessons of No Child Left Behind – National Journal
- Match Game: Companies Push Training to Close Skills Gap – The Wall Street Journal
- Why Can’t the Market Solve Day Care? – The New York Times, Motherlode
- Modern Family Comes to Washington – EdCentral
- A Blueprint for Early Care and Education Quality Improvement Initiatives: Final Report – Philanthropy News Digest
Presidential Candidates
- Clinton gives glimpse of how she plans to run as a woman – The Associated Press
- Hillary Wants a Piece of the Elizabeth Warren Love Fest – Mother Jones
- Opinion: Let’s talk about bridges, not burrito bowls – The Washington Post
California
- Letters: Blame Sacramento, not LAUSD, for preschool cuts – Los Angeles Times
Colorado
- Non-profit celebrates decrease in Colo’s child poverty – 9News NBC
- Letter: Pay child care workers a decent wage – The Durango Herald
District of Columbia
- More families are waitlisted at neighborhood preschools – Greater Greater Washington
Idaho
- Preschool starting up again in Boise, at two schools in the Vista neighborhood – Idaho Statesman
Minnesota
- Dayton proposes funding for universal preschool – Duluth News Tribune
- Editorial: Here’s a budget plan for education to help all Minnesota students – Star Tribune
- Commentary: State Sen.: Great Start School Readiness: a smart choice – MinnPost
- Petersburg offers late Legislative session update – Waseca County News
Montana
- East Helena hoping to offer public preschool; potential partnership falls through – Helena Independent Record
Nebraska
- Opinion: Buffett Early Childhood Institute Executive Director: Early childhood ed can narrow gaps – Omaha World-Herald
New Jersey
- Letter: The need for early childhood programs – The Bernardsville News
New York
- More than 65,000 sign up for de Blasio’s pre-K program as deadline looms – New York Daily News
- With pre-K applications almost due, parents’ phones keep ringing – Chalkbeat New York
- Last Day to Enroll in City’s Pre-K Program – NY1
- Downtown Notebook: Notes from the front lines of pre-K – Downtown Express
- Applause, Skepticism Greet NYC Mayor’s Anti-Poverty Plan – The Associated Press
- Report: City’s anti-poverty goal requires $15 minimum wage – Capital New York
- De Blasio’s big microphone, and the little party pulling Democrats back to the left – New York Daily News
North Carolina
- Experts question NC’s funding of public education through lottery – Daily Tar Heel
Texas
- Opinion: Pre-K as godless socialism? Alarmists ride to Texans’ rescue – The Dallas Morning News
- Editorial: How can God be everywhere except pre-K? – Corpus Christi Caller Times
- Dan vs. Dan: LISD president speaks out against Lt. Gov. Patrick’s ‘Godless’ pre-K comment – Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
- School board president criticizes advisory board letter to Senate – My FOX Lubbock
- Opinion: Attack on pre-K bigoted – The Paris News
- Texas Governor’s Preschool Plan Called ‘Godless’ by Lt. Gov.’s Advisers – Education Week
- Opinion: Pre-K Where God Dares Not Go – Crooks and Liars
- Grassroots Panel Creates Political Drama for Patrick – The Texas Tribune
- The Plot Against Public Education – Texas Monthly
- Day after blowup, Patrick signals conciliatory tone – Houston Chronicle
- Tensions High Between Texas House, Senate – Time Warner Cable News
- Opinion: Earlier is important: The years before pre-K matter even more – Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Virginia
- Area leaders hear urgency at pre-K summit – Charlottesville Tomorrow
- Community Leaders Talk Early Education – Newsplex
Washington state
- Editorial: Legislature must pass the Early Start Act for the state’s youngest learners – The Seattle Times