Early Education News — Daily Digest

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
  • Education Commissioner Discusses Budget Proposal, Shares Importance of Universal Free Pre-K – KQDS FOX
• 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