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- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Convenes Key Stakeholders to Advance National Dialogue on Early Education; Launches Conversations in Early Learning Symposium Series – Business Wire (press release)
National & Trade
- Opinion: Maybe the Kids in the Sandbox Shouldn’t Always Get Along – Real Clear Education
- Child care workers join fast-food workers’ fight for $15 an hour – Fortune
- Higher income linked to smarter kids – U-T San Diego
- Being Poor Affects Kids’ Brains, Study Finds – NBC News
- Study Reveals Sad Link Between Poverty and Children’s Brain Development – The Huffington Post
- Robert Putnam fights America’s ‘opportunity gap’ with religious fervor – Religion News Service / The Washington Post
- On Conservatives and Poverty: Talking the Talk or Walking the Walk? – TalkPoverty
- Early Education Plays Major Role in Developing Intelligence – Big Think
- GOP looking for budget deal over recess – The Hill
- Hawaii’s Deputy Superintendent Headed to U.S. Department of Education – Education Week
- Close That Gap: A Foundation Zeroes In On Inequality and Kids – Inside Philanthropy
Alabama
- Guest Opinion: Early investment in quality pre-K education critical for future workforce – AL.com
- VOICES hosting Child Advocacy Day in Montgomery – Montgomery Advertiser
Arkansas
- $133 million rise in spending OK’d by budget panel – Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Arkansas’ $5.2 billion budget unveiled, $40 million ‘earmarks’ criticized – The City Wire
Colorado
- Lawmakers get a second look at “pay for success” – Chalkbeat Colorado
Florida
- Opinion: Quality early education is great return on investment – Tallahassee Democrat
Idaho
- Lawmakers Praise Superintendent Ybarra’s Push for Federal Waiver – Idaho Ed News
Illinois
- Chicago Area Parents Upset by Rauner Child Care Cuts – ABC 7
- Opinion: Quality education requires social justice – Chicago Sun-Times
- Editorial: CTU’s contract demands just a political manifesto – Chicago Sun-Times
- Tammy Duckworth announces bid for U.S. Senate – WLS News
- Duckworth Announces 2016 Senate Run – WTTW PBS
Indiana
- 5 questions: PNC exec boosts early childhood education – Indianapolis Star
Louisiana
- Study sees ‘serious flaws’ in Louisiana’s proposed system for grading Pre-K programs – The Advocate
- Study criticizes Louisiana’s preschool grading method – The Associated Press
- Flaws abound in Louisiana’s draft preschool report cards, group says – The Times-Picayune
Maine
- Opinion: State Sen.: The biennial budget: Education and other funding, part III – Boothbay Register
Massachusetts
- $75 million sought to promote innovative education programs in Springfield, other communities – MassLive
Minnesota
- Commentary: From Head Start to state commissioner: Early ed mattered then, and does now – Star Tribune
- Our View: Universal preschool plan deserves consideration – Post-Bulletin
- Twin Cities Hmong community seeks help in closing achievement gap – Twin Cities Daily Planet
Missouri
- Campaign to fund early childhood education readies pitch to raise Missouri’s tobacco tax – The Kansas City Star
- Missouri groups seek to raise tobacco tax – KFVS CBS
- Letter: Missouri must invest in early childhood development – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Montana
- Panel speaks on early childhood education – Valley Journal
- Early Edge voted down in House – Valley Journal
Nebraska
- Lawmakers advance child-care bill that would end ‘cliff effect,’ help low-income parents – Omaha World-Herald
- Child care subsidy changes advance in Legislature – Lincoln Journal Star
New York
- Budget deal follows familiar Cuomo cycle – Capital New York
- Mayor Hails Tentative State Budget as Victory for City Schools – Time Warner Cable News
- De Blasio: Budget brings ‘good news,’ still work to do – Capital New York
Oregon
- Head Start fears losing teachers to full-day K – The Bend Bulletin
Pennsylvania
- Kenney releases plan to raise $105M for schools, bolster pre-K offerings citywide – Newsworks
- Kenney touts Philly school-funding plan he says won’t raise taxes – Newsworks
- Kenney’s education plan: hubs, pre-K, nonprofit cash – The Philadelphia Inquirer
Tennessee
- Bill by legislature’s GOP chairman criticized as ‘setup’ to kill fed-funded pre-kindergarten – Knoxville News Sentinel
Texas
- Texas House to consider hundreds of budget amendments – Austin American-Statesman
Utah
- KUED’s original documentary ‘The State of Our Kids’ examines benefits of early childhood support programs – Deseret News
Vermont
- 361 primary topic at SVSU Legislative Breakfast – Bennington Banner
Virginia
- Is the Former Capital of the Confederacy Finally Ready to Confront Its Poverty—and Its Past? – The Nation
Washington state
- Gates Foundation funds new Seattle preschool – KING NBC