Early Education News — Daily Digest

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• 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

• Read Bernie Sanders’s populist, policy-heavy speech kicking off his campaign – Vox

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