Weekly Early Childhood Education News Report

June 18-22, 2018

National News

• Thirty Million Words: A Public Health Approach to Early Childhood Education
  S. News & World Report
• Stressed Kids’ Brains Mature Faster
  S. News & World Report
• An Old Foundation with a New Strategy Expands Its Early Childhood Work
  Inside Philanthropy
• Kids, a Winning Investment
  The New York Times
• Opinion: Work Requirements Don’t Actually Work
  Roll Call
• Time Running Out in Ryan’s Quest to Overhaul Welfare Programs
  Roll Call
• Toward Kindergarten Readiness For Every Child
  Education Week
• Insights Into Early STEM Learning
  Forbes
• Small-Group Instruction May Be Key to Mastering Early Math, New Study Finds
  Education Week
• Child Separation Is a Medical Emergency
  Slate
• Family separations at the border alarm child-welfare experts
  The Associated Press
• ‘Grassroots’ Child-Care Advocates Bring Their Concerns to Washington
  Education Week
• How Data Helped Head Start Centers Tackle a ‘No Show’ Problem
  Education Week
• How do you make the benefits of pre-K education last?
  PBS News Hour
• Millions of U.S.-Born Children May Lose Out If Trump Changes Rules for Public Benefits
  Education Week
• Trump Team Mulls Merger of Education, Labor Departments, Multiple Sources Say
  Education Week

California

• Will state finally offer universal preschool?
  VC Star
• Building a life-long learning foundation starts at birth
  The Press
• San Leandro mayor urges support for child care, affordable housing
  East Bay Times

Florida

• Florida First Lady Ann Scott shares her love of reading
  Naples News

Georgia

• Ga Lottery celebrates 25 years of HOPE and Pre-K
  WALB-TV

Illinois

• New state budget boosts early childhood education funding
  WRSP-TV

Maryland

• Utilizing Research to Expand Early Childhood Services in Baltimore
  Education Week

Michigan

• Kalamazoo child care center offers free services to low-income families
  WWMT-TV

Mississippi

• CATHY GRACE: All Mississippians entitled to high-quality pre-K
  Daily Journal
• Summer learning programs are too expensive for many of Mississippi’s kids
  The Hechinger Report

New Mexico

• Local Head Start’s role in change for early childhood education
  Las Cruces Sun News

New York

• Fed funding to support early child-care services, education for low-income families
  Press Republican

North Carolina

• Mecklenburg County prepares for universal Pre-K
  WBTV

Ohio

• Columbus Child Care Providers Sweating To Meet Deadline For Higher Standards
  WOSU-FM

Oklahoma

• Point of View: How beneficial is pre-K?
  News OK

Oregon

• In Bend, child care may be harder to find than housing
  The Bulletin

Pennsylvania

• Lack of high-quality pre-k hampers kids, communities, economy | Opinion
  Lehigh Valley Live
• Before pre-k: Earliest months shape children’s lives
  Public Opinion
• Panel OKs budget with increase for early childhood education
  WHTM-TV

South Carolina

• ‘This is appalling’: SC families devastated after First Steps gives up Early Head Start grant
  Greenville News

Vermont

• Child care centers receive grants totaling $455,100
  VT Digger

Washington

• Seattle City Council approves mayor’s $620M education levy
  My Northwest

Wisconsin

• State increasing child care subsidies
  The Journal Times