Weekly Early Childhood Education News Report

 

May 28 – June 1, 2018

 

National News

• Democrats need an audacious child-care plan
  The Week
• Survey of K-3 Teachers Finds Affinity With Preschool Colleagues
  Education Week

California

• Why tiny brains are getting massive attention in the California governor’s race
  KPCC-FM
• Editorial: Needed child care sales tax plan lacks safeguards
  The Mercury News
• Free Cash to Fight Income Inequality? California City Is First in U.S. to Try
  The New York Times

Colorado

• Candidate For Governor Jared Polis, Democrat, On The Record
  Colorado Public Radio

Connecticut

• Greenwich United Way launches preschool initiative to close the gap
  Greenwich Times

Florida

• Creative Preschool celebrates 45 years of change and continuity
  Tallahassee Democrat
• Speaker offers tips for successful Children’s Trust campaign
  The Gainesville sun

Illinois

• Emanuel Promises Free Preschool As Race For Mayor Heats Up
  WBEZ-FM
• Emanuel calls for free full-day public preschool for 4-year-olds
  Chicago Tribune

Indiana

• Recent Report Says Pre-K Policies Play Key Role In Health
  Indiana Public Radio

Kentucky

• JCPS To Streamline Early Childhood Programs; Relinquish Federal Funding
  WFPL-FM

Louisiana

• Louisiana Hopes New Early-Childhood Credential Will Professionalize Workforce
  Education Week

Massachusetts

• Boston families need greater access to early education
  The Boston Globe

Michigan

• MSU study links ‘self-regulation’ with early development of language and literacy skills
  Michigan Radio
• Success Basic Network launches early education tool for parents
  WZZM-TV
• Thanedar proposes tax hikes to boost child care, pre-K
  The Republic
• Opinion | Dear candidate: Pay attention to those too young to vote
  Bridge Michigan

Minnesota

• Addressing the states’s child care crisis
  Peter Herald

Mississippi

• What’s holding Mississippi back? Pay gap, child care costs, report says
  Clarion Ledger
• Mississippi must give poor kids a shot at success
  Clarion Ledger

Missouri

• Local Early Head Start programs in jeopardy
  News Tribune

Montana

• Bozeman startup aims to alleviate child care woes through network of in-home facilities
  Bozeman Daily Chronicle

New Mexico

• LAPS School Board approves new pre-K program
  The Los Alamos Monitor

North Carolina

• Lawmakers’ budget prioritizes tax cuts over early childhood education
  The Progressive Pulse

Ohio

• Editorial: Preschool program off to promising start
  Cincinnati Inquirer

Pennsylvania

• Nurse-Family Partnership is a proven program to help at-risk families
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Advocates Want To Add Tax Increase To November Ballot To Fund Early Childhood Education
  WESA-FM

Virginia

• Superintendent: Sustaining Full-Day Kindergarten in Loudoun Won’t Be Easy
  Loudoun Now

Washington

• Four Lessons From the Tacoma Whole Child Initiative
  Education Week