Early Education News — Daily Digest

National & Trade

• Subcommittee moves Labor-HHS-Education bill forward – POLITICO
  • Senate Appropriators Propose Cutting Education Department by $1.7 Billion – Education Week
• What Sesame Street Is and Isn’t – EdCentral
• Congress Gets a Failing Grade on Education Policy – U.S. News & World Report
  • Education Groups Demand Vote on Federal Education Overhaul Bill – T.H.E. Journal
• Latino Educators Stress Making Early Childhood Education A Priority – NBC News
• An education agenda for 2016: Conservative solutions for expanding opportunity – American Enterprise Institute
• Guns, race remain Obama’s biggest missed opportunities – The Washington Post

 

Presidential Candidates

• Clinton talks race and strengthening families – POLITICO
  • Hillary Clinton, near Ferguson, calls for confronting ‘hard truths’ about race – POLITICO
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton tackles race, Confederate flag issues – The Associated Press
  • Hillary Clinton: Country’s Struggle With Race ‘Far From Over’ – NBC News
  • Hillary Clinton May Have Just Signaled a Major Campaign Focus with Ferguson Leaders – Vice News
• Hillary Clinton a ‘LINO’ – Liberal in Name Only? – Fox Business

 

California

• The Power of a Good Idea: How San Francisco is Building a PreK-3rd Grade Bridge – EdCentral
• Opinion: Speaker of the Assembly: Smooth negotiations produce a prudent and progressive state budget – The Sacramento Bee

 

Florida

• Reaction to Gov. Rick Scott’s vetoes runs from anger to disappointment to applause – Tampa Bay Times
  • JU, early learning coalition, lawmakers criticize Gov. Rick Scott vetoes – The Florida Times-Union
  • ‘It’s Working!’: Executive agency veto statement round-up – SaintPeters Blog
  • State budget expands child-care spending for needy families in Duval County – The Florida Times-Union

 

Kentucky

• New grading system for daycare providers in Ky. – WHAS ABC
  • New Kentucky laws take effect Wednesday – WLKY CBS

 

Massachusetts

• Harvard prof warns America divided by wealth barriers – Boston Herald

 

Minnesota

• Results of the MN Legislative special session – Wahpeton Daily News
• Column: State Sen.: Session puts Minnesota in strong position – Red Wing Republican Eagle

 

Pennsylvania

• State Secretary of Education backs Wolf at MCA visit – The News-Item

 

Rhode Island

• State Senate approves $8.67 billion state budget proposal – The Associated Press
  • I. Senate OKs $8.7-billion state budget – Providence Journal

 

Texas

• Op-ed: Why Houston employers must support STEM education – Houston Business Journal
• In First Session, Abbott Keeps Drama to a Minimum – The Texas Tribune

 

Vermont

• Legislature, Governor Create Child Care Commission – VTDigger.org