National & Trade
- This Week on the Hill – POLITICO
- Refresher: What’s in the House ESEA Bill? – Education Week
- Education Department to Congress: We Need to Hire More Employees – Education Week
- Social Impact Bonds: An Exciting New Way to Invest – The Motley Fool
- Opinion: A June tradition: The child-care scramble – The Washington Post
- Opinion: How better transportation can fight income inequality – The Hill
- Opinion: It’s Not Just About Bad Choices – The New York Times
- Letters: Let Kindergarten Children Learn Through Play – The New York Times
Presidential Candidates
- Hillary Clinton Proposes More Funding for Early Childhood Education – Bloomberg Politics
- Clinton seeks ‘high-quality preschool’ for all 4-year-olds – The Associated Press
- Hillary Clinton calls for doubling Head Start funding – The Hill
- Clinton, Bush Start A Week of New Hampshire Campaign Visits – NHPR NPR
- Hillary Clinton plays to middle class – Boston Herald
- Hillary Clinton returning to New Hampshire – WHDH NBC
- Hillary coming to Rochester after campaign launch – Foster’s Daily Democrat
- Look ahead: Huge week in NH presidential primary politics – WMUR ABC
- Five Things We Learned From Hillary Clinton’s Roosevelt Island Rally In New York – International Business Times
- The Chat; Hillary Clinton’s Rally Speech, Instantly Analyzed – The New York Times
- Clinton distances herself from Obama’s style, if not his substance – The Washington Post
- Clinton kicks off 2016 bid, embracing chance to make history – The Associated Press
- At New York Rally, Hillary Clinton Focuses on Income Inequality – The Wall Street Journal
- Clinton Campaign Launch Takes A Personal Tone – NPR
- Clinton formally launches 2016 campaign with focus on economic equality – Fox News
- Clinton lays out populist agenda in campaign kickoff – CBS News
- Clinton says ’08 campaign showed a woman can be president – USA Today/Des Moines Register
- Hillary Clinton portrays herself as ‘non-quitter’ at kickoff rally – Big News Network
- Hillary Clinton: ‘I’ve Been Called a Lot of Things by Many People – Quitter’s Not One of Them’ – People
- Hillary Clinton Officially Launches Campaign for White House – Mother Jones
- Hillary Clinton: Did her big campaign speech fly? – The Christian Science Monitor
- Hillary Clinton Launches Her Campaign as Economic Populist – Time
- Meet the New, Old Hillary – New Republic
- 10 Things to Love and Hate About Hillary Clinton’s Speech – National Journal
- The Agenda: Hillary the populist – POLITICO
- Hillary Clinton campaigns to be Obama 3.0 – New York Post
- Hillary Clinton plays it safe during campaign kick-off in New York, catering to Democratic core – New York Daily News
- De Blasio still waiting on Hillary’s ‘vision’ – New York Post
- Hillary Clinton: ‘You see the top 25 hedge fund managers making more than all of America’s kindergarten teachers combined’ – The Washington Post
- How Hillary Clinton’s kickoff speech highlighted her advantage over Republicans – The Washington Post
- Hillary Clinton thinks she can sell bigger government to fix the economy – The Washington Post
- Channeling FDR, Hillary Clinton Calls For ‘Basic Bargain’ On Economy in First 2016 Rally – The Huffington Post
- Hillary Clinton’s Coalition of the Aggrieved – The Atlantic
- How Would Hillary Clinton ‘Reshuffle’ Economic Inequality? – NPR
- Hillary Wraps Her Arms Around Obama and Liberals in Kickoff Speech – New York Observer
- Opinion: Hillary Clinton’s bet and challenge – The Washington Post
- Opinion: Hillary Clinton’s reconnection agenda – The Washington Post
- Hillary Clinton Talked About de Blasio’s Signature Issues ‘Years’ Before Him, Says Neera Tanden – ABC News
- Yes, but how will Clinton persuade Republicans to vote for all this? – Vox
- Bernie Sanders’s Family-Friendly Agenda Crushes the Competition – New Republic
- Sanders: Time to tell ‘billionaire class’ enough – Quad-City Times
- Bernie Sanders says Americans back his agenda – and he’s mostly right – The Washington Post
- O’Malley touts progressive goals, values in Dover – Foster’s Daily Democrat
- Commitment 2016 Conversation with the Candidate: Bobby Jindal – WMUR ABC
Arizona
- Opinion: State Rep.: Child safety should be more important than prisons – The Arizona Republic
California
- Brown, lawmakers continue budget talks ahead of deadline – The Associated Press
- Democratic lawmakers push Brown for more spending – San Francisco Chronicle
- Lawmakers take up $117.5B budget without governor’s support – The Associated Press
- No Budget Deal Yet, But Lawmakers To Vote Anyway – Capital Public Radio
- State lawmakers set to approve budget with increased spending – Los Angeles Times
- Democrats want to spend $1 billion more than Gov. Brown – KCRA NBC
Connecticut
- Commentary: Governor intent to undermine public education – Stamford Advocate
Florida
- Opinion: Partnership helps early child care providers succeed – Sun-Sentinel
- Editorial: Worthy bills, programs fell victim to deadlock – Orlando Sentinel
- Opinion: Weighing investments in preschools, prisons – Tallahassee Democrat
Georgia
- Lawmakers question early proposals on Ga. school funding – The Associated Press
Illinois
- Rauner rattles saber on budget cuts again – Chicago Tribune
Kentucky
- Beshear Ceremonially Signs Bill to Enhance Rating System for Early Child Care Programs – WHAS ABC
Louisiana
- Some day care directors critical of proposed preschool revamp – The Times-Picayune
Massachusetts
- Editorial: A way forward on early education – The MetroWest Daily News
Michigan
- Superintendent’s Corner: Benefits of preschool draw attention – Ionia Sentinel-Standard
Minnesota
- Dayton signs budget bills, averting Minnesota government shutdown – StarTibune
- Minnesota gov. to sign bills avoiding government shutdown – The Associated Press
- K-12 Funding Compromise Approved by Minn. Gov. Mark Dayton in Special Session – Education Week
- Editorial: Dayton’s vetoes yielded better legislative results – StarTibune
- Dayton signs bills, avoiding government shutdown – CBS Minnesota
- Education spending bill passes Minnesota House in special session – Pioneer Press
- Education bill passes overwhelmingly amid bipartisan praise – Pioneer Press
- Legislature gives final approval to $17.2 billion for public schools – StarTribune
- Special session of unusual setting, suspense wraps up – StarTribune
- 2015 session: A mixed outcome for Central Minnesota – St. Cloud Times
- Looking back at Legislature’s 2015 session and ahead to 2016 – Pioneer Press
- Lawmaker’s view: Session ends with disappointment – Duluth News Tribune
North Carolina
- Editorial: Child care conundrum: When work doesn’t pay – Citizen-Times
- Is Elmo really all preschoolers need to succeed? – The Progressive Pulse
Oregon
- We’re far from 40-40-20, but Oregon is optimistic – Statesman Journal
Pennsylvania
- Letter: Support House Bill 1164 – The Sentinel Cumberlink
- State budget due in two weeks – The Times-Tribune
- Wolf, GOP far apart on budget as deadline looms – Republican Herald
- Letter: Pre-K, Head Start deserve support – Observer-Reporter
- Governor’s chief of staff Katie McGinty touts Tom Wolf’s budget priorities – Times Leader
- Commentary: The Value of Pre-K from a Pediatrician’s View – The Bradford Era
South Carolina
- Opinion: How and why to choose the best day care – The State
Texas
- Commentary: State Sen.: 84th Legislature was good to the RGV – The Monitor
Virginia
- Opinion: Gov.: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure – Richmond Times-Dispatch