Early Education News — Daily Digest

National & Trade

• Opinion: Quality Early Childhood Education Is A Smart Investment For Policy Makers – Forbes
• Obama Urges Liberals and Conservatives to Unite on Poverty – The New York Times
  • Obama on parenting and the key to alleviating poverty – CBS News
  • Obama rips Fox News over poor – The Hill
  • President Obama on how Fox News teachers the middle class to demonize the poor – The Washington Post
  • Obama, conservative writer debate poverty – USA Today
  • Obama Says Hedge Fund Managers Are ‘Society’s Lottery Winners’ – Bloomberg Politics
  • Poverty is Finally Having Its Day as an Issue in American Politics – Bloomberg Politics
  • Obama: Defeating poverty takes money and ‘transformative power’ of faith groups – The Washington Post/Religion News Service
  • Obama calls out financiers, conservatives and churches on poverty – Politico
  • Obama: Wealthiest people aren’t ‘evil,’ they just make too much money – New York Daily News
  • Why Obama is Worried About ‘Class Segregation’ – National Journal
• Opinion: Democratic Reps: Time to face truth about poverty in America – CNN
• Progressives unveil income inequality plan in D.C. – CNN
  • De Blasio to unveil 13-point progressive agenda – The Hill
  • De Blasio: The left’s new star in Washington – The Hill
  • Bill de Blasio lays out national agenda to combat income inequality – CBS News
  • De Blasio, Warren, and Other Progressives Offer Some 2016 Advice to Anyone Who Might Be Listening – New York Magazine
  • Bill de Blasio calls for more progressive economic policy during Washington visit, meets with Obama – New York Daily News
  • De Blasio pushes ‘progressive agenda’ in Washington DC – New York Post
  • De Blasio launches ‘Progressive Agenda’ in D.C. – Newsday
  • De Blasio touts report, emerging ‘movement’ in D.C. – Capital New York
  • Bill De Blasio Takes Page From Conservative Playbook To Fight Income Inequality – Huffington Post
  • Merkley lays out progressive agenda – KTVZ NBC
  • Cheap Talk: Hillary Clinton wants to champion some liberal issues. But what is she willing to do about inequality? – Slate
• Should 3rd Grade Be the Pivot Point for Early Reading? – Education Week
• NIEER Report Reveals Large Gap In Preschool Enrollment Across State Lines, Whether Or Not They’re Red Or Blue – iSchoolGuide
  • The best states for preschool – Deseret News
• Paid leave not a priority for GOP, Dem says – The Hill
• Analysis: As appropriations battle kicks off, another fiscal cliff? – POLITICO
• Opinion: The Next Front in the Preschool Fight: Minnesota shows where the debate over the benefits of preschool is headed – U.S. News & World Report
• Letter: Are Early-Childhood Educators ‘Real’ Teachers? You Bet They Are. – Education Week
• Millennial parents sink under weight of low pay, debt, child care – MSN

 

Presidential Candidates

• Opinion: The Democratic Party’s Economic Divide – The Wall Street Journal

 

Alabama

• Alabama continues to lead nation with Pre-Kindergarten Program – WAAY ABC
  • Alabama’s voluntary Pre-K program is at the top of the class … again – ABC 3340

 

Arizona

• More Arizona Children in Pre-K, But State Lags Nation – Arizona Public Media

 

California

• Report: California lagging in preschool quality standards – LA School Report

 

Colorado

• Colorado plateaus in annual preschool ranking – Chalkbeat Colorado

 

Connecticut

• State-Funded Preschools to Start This Fall Across Connecticut – WNPR NPR

 

Idaho

• A late start: Idaho behind most states in pre-K enrollment – The Coeur d’Alene Press

 

Illinois

• Child care providers rally against devastating cuts – WGEM NBC
• Opinion: State must invest in kids to fight crime in Illinois – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 

Indiana

• Column: Why Mike Pence should support gay rights – Indianapolis Star

 

Kentucky

• Republicans Spar Early, Talk Issues Later – WBKO ABC FOX

 

Louisiana

• Child care: Local centers prepare for new rules – Daily Comet

 

Massachusetts

• Like House, Senate Budget Hews Close to Baker on Takes, Spending – State House News Service
  • Early-ed spending up in Senate’s proposed $38 billion state budget – The Boston Globe
  • Senate budget proposal focuses on education, economic development, social services – MassLive

 

Minnesota

• Opinion: State Sen.: Betting on a balanced budget – Kenyon Leader
• Opinion: Parent engagement and early learning scholarships or universal public preschool? – Twin Cities Daily Planet
• “No agreements,’ ‘no concessions’ and no progress on a budget deal – MinnPost

 

New York

• Study: City pre-K program can be model, with tweaks – Politico

 

Pennsylvania

• Legislation would save parents from child-care benefits ‘cliff’ – Watchdog.org
• Opinion: Support for governor’s budget – The Daily Item

 

Rhode Island

• It’s All About Education: Can Education Drive Social Change? – GoLocalProv

 

Texas

• Opinion: School Bells: Quality pre-K programs essential – Seguin Gazette