Weekly Early Childhood Education News Report

August 27-31, 2018

National News

• Child care is broken. Silicon Valley thinks it can fix that, too
  Quartz
• Report: U.S. Renters Spend Almost As Much On Child Care As They Spend On Rent
  The Associated Press
• Advocacy Group Recommends Testing Water at Child-Care Centers for Lead
  Education Week
• Forget college tuition. Annual child-care costs exceed $20,000 in these states

CNBC

• Parents as Teachers: Another Way Funders Seek to Bolster Early Childhood Learning
  Inside Philanthropy
• Parents pay as much for child care as housing, college tuition. What’s a person to do?
  USA Today

Alabama

• HIPPY program prepares children and parents for preschool
  Dothan Eagle

California

• Educare Program In Full Swing For Beginning Of School Year
  The Grunion
• Parent involvement in early years grows with help from community groups
  EdSource
• A.’s Top Mental Health Doc has Plan to Reach Families Before Crisis Hits
  The Chronicle of Social Change
• Child care bills head to Gov. Jerry Brown
  The Daily Journal

Colorado

• TARA TRUJILLO: Coloradans want more access to early learning programs
  The Pueblo Chieftain
• With preschool teachers in short supply, Colorado’s Teach For America is pulled into early childhood market
  Chalkbeat
• Child Care Availability Hitting Families Hard In Summit County
  CBS Denver
• Low Pay, High Turnover Plagues Colorado Preschool Teachers
  KUNC-FM

Illinois

• When Chicago’s Homeless Kids Can’t Go to the Doctor, This Group Steps In
  Daily Beast
• ‘You can’t teach a child without family’: It’s the magic ingredient at one preschool
  The Washington Post
• Early educators looking at laundries, grocery stores as places to bring learning to kids before kindergarten
  Chicago Tribune

Maryland

• New polls support more pre-k, need for higher teacher pay
  Maryland Reporter

Massachusetts

• Chelmsford, region eye preschool needs
  Wicked Local
• Concerns raised statewide over preschool achievement gap
  Wicked Local Watertown

Michigan

• Child care for this baby costs more than the University of Michigan
  Bridge Michigan

Mississippi

• OUR OPINION: Road funds good, pre-K needs remain
  Daily Journal
• State lottery bill would funnel money into Pre-K programs
  The Associated Press

Missouri

• Child care providers receive trauma, stress training
  WGEM-TV

Montana

• As Head Start kicks off, teachers say preschool is needed more than ever
  Billings Gazette

Nebraska

• Early childhood development programs: Challenging traditional assumptions
  McCook Gazette

New Hampshire

• Governor, challengers discuss early childhood issues
  The Tribune
• With promise of keno funding, Concord begins full-day kindergarten program
  Concord Monitor

New Mexico

• Las Cruces Public Schools Adds New PreK Classes

Oklahoma

• Positive Tomorrows offers training for those working with children living in poverty
  Oklahoma City Sentinel

Oregon

• Brown releases 7-step education policy agenda
  KOIN-TV

Pennsylvania

• Twenty Pittsburgh Kids To Attend Pre-K At The Carnegie Science Center
  WESA-FM
• The rise and struggle of non-traditional child care in Philly
  Philly Voice
• First-ever early childhood classroom opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, science museum
  Science Magazine
• Does high-quality early education reduce interactions with the juvenile justice system?
  The Pittsburgh Incline

Tennessee

• Million Word Challenge: Foundation launches reading campaign for Decatur students
  Decatur Daily
• Funding, collaboration needed to support children of opioid crisis, leaders say
  Times Free Press

Washington

• Parents learn ways to help kids respect those with disabilities
  The Columbian

West Virginia

• Joan Haynie, Kelli Whytsell: Early childhood education key to breaking cycle of poverty (Gazette Opinion)
  Charleston Gazette-Mail