FFYF in the News
- What’s Next for an Early Childhood Initiative With Big Plans, Backed by Big Donors?
Inside Philanthropy
National News
- Let’s protect children against disadvantage with early education
The Hill - Does a lack of executive function explain why some kids fall way behind in school?
The Hechinger Report - Beware the Child Care Cliff
Slate - Teaching Empathy in Kindergarten — Or, Do We Have to Let the Girls Play, Too?
The 74 - Morning Education: Movers and Shakers
POLITICO - Research shows strong bilingual pre-K programs work. But how many states have them?
NBC News - The costs of child care around the world
CNN - How the Push for Preschool Teachers to Earn Costly College Degrees Could Strain a System in Which Wages Are Only Half of K-12 Teachers’
The 74 - Infants, Toddlers Focus of New Investment from Pritzker Children’s Initiative
Education Week - Is Preschool ‘Fade Out’ Inevitable? Two Studies Zero In on the Issue
Education Week
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Florida
- New Partnership Aims to Improve Prenatal Care, Early Childhood Services
Sarasota Magazine
Georgia
- Mayor eyeing Savannah surplus funds for early childhood learning center
Savannah Morning News
Illinois
- New data shows home visiting programs are working
WREX-TV - Early childhood services can help tackle opioid crisis
Louis Post-Dispatch
Indiana
- Pre-K Report: Indiana Needs Better State-Funded Programming
WBOI-FM - Indiana’s “On My Way Pre-K” expanding to more counties
WFIE-TV - Preschool funding for students with disabilities hasn’t changed in Indiana since 1991
Chalkbeat
Iowa
- Study finds child care accessibility down while price is up in northeast Iowa
KCRG-TV - Home visiting is crucial to keep Iowa children safe
Des Moines Register
Maryland
- Columbia neighborhood centers key to city’s values
The Baltimore Sun
Michigan
- Column: Kids deserve early chance at success
The Detroit News - Low-income Grand Rapids preschoolers are catching up. Will Lansing notice?
Michigan Radio
Mississippi
- Head Start centers have ‘outsized role’ in rural Mississippi, report finds
The Hechinger Report
Minnesota
- Study: Full Day At Pre-K Leads To Higher Test Scores
WCCO-TV - Arthur Reynolds: Increase access to high-quality state pre-K in Minnesota
Twin Cities Pioneer Press - Cloud school district to lose $518K in early child education if Legislature is idle
SC Times
New Hampshire
- Heidi Crumrine: With limited funding for early intervention services, full-day kindergarten is even more important
Concord Monitor
New Jersey
New Mexico
- ‘New Mexico punches above its weight’ on pre-K education
Santa Fe New Mexican - Charitable groups craft plan for early childhood spending
Albuquerque Journal - Pre-K organizers from Texas at Santa Fe meeting say getting businesses’ support is key
Santa Fe New Mexican
North Carolina
- Large-Scale Efforts Helping Pre-K Teachers Receive Resources; You Can, Too
The Caswell Messenger
Oklahoma
- Report: Oklahoma Pre-K Putting Quantity Over Quality
Tulsa Public Radio
Pennsylvania
- Learning center aims to fill need for child care outside of 9-to-5 hours
Post-Gazette - Drexel University Receives $2.6 Million for Early Childhood Initiative
Philanthropy News Digest - Childhood begins at home
York Daily Record
Tennessee
- Memphis council votes to create special fund for countywide prekindergarten
The Commercial Appeal - Report says Tennessee’s pre-K program needs consistent monitoring and more rigor to get better
Chalkbeat
Texas
- Houston supports pre-K for all. Will it happen?
Houston Chronicle - Commentary: Help pre-K kids manage feelings instead of suspending them
Austin American-Statesman - Head Start helps put children on right track
Burnet Bulletin
Washington
- Beyond Lego and finger paint: preschool tackles race head-on
The Seattle Times
Washington, D.C.