Early Education News – Daily Digest

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Empowering Learning By Investing Public and Private Resources in Quality Pre-School Education AFSA Blog

National News

Can This Save Early Childhood Education? The Daily Beast

What Do We Value More: Young Kids Or Fast Food? NPR Online

Presidential Candidates

Sanders calls U.S. child care system a ‘disaster’ Des Moines Register

Sanders says lack of pre-K in U.S. is ‘disgraceful’ Radio Iowa

Trump vs. Clinton: A tale of 2 Iowa rallies POLITICO Online

Hawaii

Early education expanding in Hawaii’s public charter schools KFVE-TV – Online

Kentucky

Kindergarten readiness key to success The Courier-Journal

Maryland

Md. children can escape poverty if you help The Baltimore Sun

Massachusetts

Why a Fight in Massachusetts Over Kindergarten Funding Is Getting Ugly Slate

Ohio

Ohio’s Help Me Grow program guiding growth for children The Columbus Dispatch

Pennsylvania

Seeing the value of Pre-K for PA Lancaster Online

Texas

Plenty of pre-K slots still open in Fort Worth school district Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Society pays price for lack of early childhood education San Antonio Express-News Online

Who is Texas leaving behind? Houston Chronicle

Washington

Lawmakers still fail on K-12 funding The Olympian Online

Message to state Supreme Court: Be bold on education-funding fix The Seattle Times