Kris Perry, FFYF and Invest in US Coverage
- Early-Learning Backers Hopeful About Senate Compromise – CQ Roll Call
National & Trade
- Out Of The Classroom And Into The Woods – NPR
- Summer Vacation Means Millions Of Low-Income Kids Could Go Hungry – ThinkProgress
- Why we should let kids choose their own summer reading books – The Washington Post
Presidential Candidates
Alabama
- $10M approved for Alabama pre-K program – 48WAFF
- Pre-K expansion: 3,600 additional children now have access to Alabama’s First Class program – abc3340
- Enrollment in Alabama’s state-funded prekindergarten to grow by 3,600 students – AL.com
- Alabama Legislature approves state education budget – WHNT19
California
- Brown, Democratic lawmakers divided on budget estimates – The Los Angeles Times
- State budget: Democrats release dueling spending plans – Santa Cruz Sentinel
- Out-Dated Income Restrictions Keep Needy Children Out Of Pre-K Program – KPBS
Georgia
- As Head Start turns 50 this month, a graduate says it changed his life – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Iowa
- Head Start has helped millions of children – The Des Moines Register
Illinois
- Illinois Democrats push ahead with budget that’s $3 billion short – The Chicago Tribune
- State budget: Dems advance plan; Rauner wants pro-business reforms – The Register-Mail
- Illinois Democrats show budget priorities – Pekin Daily Times
Minnesota
- Minnesota governor, leaders want short special session soon – Grand Forks Herald
- Dayton, Daudt talk nice but no deal on Minnesota budget – Minnesota Public Radio
New Mexico
- Time to invest in our families and communities – Las Cruces Sun-News
Ohio
- Cincinnati Leaders Launch Preschool-for-All Initiative – Education Week
Pennsylvania
- PA Gov. Tom Wolf goes to prison to tout preschool funding – The Morning Call
- Midstate prosecutors stand with Gov. Tom Wolf for higher pre-k spending – PennLive
- Wolf report says more Pre-K funding means fewer prison costs – Fox43
- PA-Gov: Wolf Proposes Funding Increase for Early Childhood Programs – PoliticsPA
- GOP prosecutors bolster Wolf’s case for more Pa. pre-K funding – NewsWorks
- Wolf, lawmakers release report for funding of quality early education – The Sentinel
- Legislators host ‘real talk’ on prison reform – The Philadelphia Tribune
- Governor ties early childhood education to crime prevention – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- DAs, prisons chief back pre-k plan – The Sharon Herald
- District attorneys, Gov. Wolf push for pre-k funding – WITF50
- DAs, law enforcement back Wolf’s pre-kindergarten plan – Pennsylvania Sun
- Wolf: Let’s pay for preschool, not prison – The Philadelphia Herald
- Officials endorse Wolf’s pre-K plan – The Indiana Gazette
Virginia
- Report ranks Va. among the worst states for working parents – WAVY
- Virginia Named One of the Worst Places to Raise Kids – ABC13
- Letter: Education As a Priority – Connection Newspapers