Early Education News — Daily Digest

National & Trade

• The Agenda: What will Obama’s legacy be? – Politico
• The kindergarten testing mess – The Washington Post
  • Debate Persists Around Early-Reading Standards – Education Week
• ‘Sesame Street’ and its surprisingly powerful effects on how children learn – The Washington Post
  • Sesame Street’s Long-Lasting Impact on Education – The Wall Street Journal
  • E is for Education; New study shows kids can learn as much from “Sesame Street” as from preschool – FOX 28 (Indiana)
• Inequitable school funding called ‘one of the sleeper civil rights issues of our time’ – The Washington Post
  • This Is Where School Funding Is The Least ‘Fair,’ According To New Reports – Huffington Post
• After Words with Joseph Stiglitz – CSPAN2
• Early-Childhood Social-Skills Program Boosted by $20 Million Donation – Education Week
• Early Education Highlights of NCES “Condition of Education” Report – Education Week
• Flexible Financing to Give Low-Income Kids a Head Start – Huffington Post
• Rich vs. Poor: The Growing ‘Class’ Gap in Higher Education – Huffington Post
• Causes: 1 in 5 students are living in poverty – Deseret News
• Column: Why are there so few minority teachers? – Asbury Park Press/Washington Post Writers Group
• Oregon Has The Lowest Graduation Rate In The Country. Preschool Could Fix That. – NPRed/OPB

 

Presidential Candidates

• Clinton to Roll Out Policy Ideas in Series of Speeches – The Wall Street Journal
• Hillary Clinton talks education health care at New Haven fundraiser – New Haven Register
• Conversation with the Candidate: Ted Cruz – WMUR ABC (New Hampshire)

 

Alabama

• Bentley signs 2016 Education Trust Fund Budget into law – The Clanton Advertiser
  • School awarded Pre-K program grant – Daily Mountain Eagle

 

California

• Democrats advance minimum wage, child-care programs ahead of budget negotiations with Brown – The Associated Press
  • California Budget Talks Enter Key Stretch – Capital Public Radio
• Editorial: California Legislature advances a few priorities – San Francisco Chronicle

 

Colorado

• New statewide early childhood non-profit launches – Chalkbeat Colorado

 

Florida

• Column: Preschool teaches life skills, but academic gains fading – The Gainesville Sun
• Opinion: Quality child care should be priority – Orlando Sentinel

 

Illinois

• Protesters Gather, Calls For Governor’s Support For Child Care – WICS ABC
• Opinion: Will Illinois’ budget reflect our values? – Rockford Register Star

 

Indiana

• Charter preschool becomes On My Way Pre-K provider – The Times
• Ritz’s odds against Dems, Pence remains unclear – Post-Tribune

 

Iowa

• Scorecard: How issues fared in the 2015 legislative session – The Gazette

 

Minnesota

• Counterpoint: High-quality preschool pays off well into adulthood – StarTribune
• $17 billion education bill finalized in Minnesota, with $525 million added – St. Paul Pioneer Press
  • Details of education funding deal released – Pioneer Press
  • Minnesota lawmakers finally go public with hefty budget agreements they struck in private – The Associated Press
• Editorial: Open the doors on state lawmaking deals – StarTribune
• Why there were dueling interpretations of pre-K language and charters – MinnPost
• My View: Dayton’s education veto flawed – Mankato Free Press
• Preschool plan abandoned at the Capitol – Star News

 

Mississippi

• Column: Upward mobility – The Dispatch
• State kindergartners make gains – Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

 

Missouri

• Letter: True partnership needed to fill preschool needs – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Effort to increase Missouri cigarette tax would fund early childhood education – Columbia Daily Tribune

 

Montana

• Tester brings Head Start grant, promises help for veterans – Montana Standard

 

Nebraska

• A wrapup of 2015 legislative bills: Transitional child care – Lincoln Journal Star

 

North Carolina

• Parents face tough choices as child care aid drops – Asheville Citizen-Times

 

North Dakota

• Schools superintendent: Student cabinet already valuable – The Bismarck Tribune

 

Oklahoma

• Our View: State must put education first – Stillwater News Press

 

Ohio

• Toledo has plenty to brag about, but doesn’t – The Blade
• Editorial: Right-sizing prisons – The Blade

 

Pennsylvania

• Guest column: Pennsylvania needs to step up its investment in pre-K programs – Lehigh Valley Live
• Letter: Spending money on early education pays off – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 

Texas

• Session brings some gains, partisan procedural changes, little drama – San Angelo Standard-Times
  • Legislature passes budget as session wraps up – The Port Lavaca Wave

 

Virginia

• Smart Beginnings start with mom and dad – Richmond Times-Dispatch