March 21-25, 2016
Kris Perry, FFYF and Invest in US Coverage
- Beyond Pre-K: District of Columbia-Area Foundation Aids Infants and Toddlers
Education Week - How Investing in Youth Curbs Poverty
Media Planet
Presidential Candidates
National News
- Omidyar Network Leads $1.6M Seed Round for Tinkergarten
Citybizlist – New York - Strollers on Campus
The Atlantic - Could Well-Meaning New Labor Rule Hurt Charter Schools, Preschools, & Tutoring Programs?
Education Week - Parents as Teachers Launches Home-Visiting Program With Technology Twist
Education Week - Report Highlights 10 Things Needed for a High-Quality Preschool
Education Week - America is in the Middle of a Child Care Crisis
The Huffington Post - Could Virtual Home Visits Help Parents in K-12 Schools?
Education Week - New Research Shows Connection Between Race And Early Childhood School Suspensions
Think Progress
Alabama
- Pre-K supporters beseech legislature for $20M increase
Montgomery Advertiser
Florida
- VPK providers face funding, testing challenges
Pensacola News Journal Online - Feds: Florida, Others Need Better Child Care Inspections
Associated Press
Iowa
- McCoy: Bill to expand preschool is investment for future
Des Moines Register
Maine
- Want to cut crime? Support new mothers and fathers, and get children ready to learn
Bangor Daily News
Massachusetts
- Panel recommended city take lead on preschool network
The Boston Globe - More preschool teachers are leaving the field
WWLP-TV
Minnesota
- Lawmakers hope to help Minnesota families find affordable child care
Pioneer Press (twincities.com) - With access to quality child care, Minnesota parents can help solve worker shortage
Star Tribune
Mississippi
- How the military created the best child care system in the nation
The Hechinger Report - How to improve Mississippi child care centers
The Clarion-Ledger Online - Promoting All-Day Kindergarten
The Washington Monthly
Missouri
- Can a St. Louis housing complex help solve a shortage of trained child-care workers?
Bloomberg - Louis effort seeks to solve child-care worker shortage
Education Week Online - Editorial: Training child care workers can help break cycle of poverty
Louis Post-Dispatch - EXPLORE bridges the gap in summertime so children don’t fall behind
The Springfield News-Leader
Nebraska
- Lawmakers advance bill to protect public assistance for low-income new mothers taking part in national study
Omaha World-Herald
New Hampshire
- ‘Help Me Grow’ provides family, children development
Portsmouth Herald
New York
- NYC, leave Success Academy’s pre-K classes alone: Why the charter school network won’t sign the city’s contract
New York Daily News
North Dakota
- Standing Rock Sioux getting nearly $3.3M Head Start grant
Associated Press
Ohio
- Kindergarten these days harder but still fun, teachers say
The Columbus Dispatch - Ohio State, Columbus plan partnership on preschools
The Columbus Dispatch - Who should pay for preschool?
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Ohio State will pay for early childhood educators to earn bachelor’s degree
The Plain Dealer Online/Cleveland.com - Preschool teachers to get aid to earn bachelor’s at Ohio State
The Columbus Dispatch
Pennsylvania
- High-quality pre-K has lifelong health impact
com - Low salaries could be barrier to universal pre-K
com - Paying for preschool justifies Kenney’s soda tax
com - Commentary: Rethink play space for children in Phila.
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Diminishing revenue not best way to fund pre-K
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Rhode Island
- Seeing Holes in Effort to Bridge ‘Word Gap’ in Poor Children
Associated Press
Tennessee
- Program aims to help parents become key part of pre-K success
The Tennessean - Six months after sobering study, bill to up pre-K quality heads to governor’s desk
Chalkbeat Tennessee - Tennessee legislature approves bill to improve pre-K
The Tennessean
Texas
- Chambers, Postl: Grants will support early childhood education efforts
Houston Chronicle - Waco: School board considers hike in pre-K tuition
KWTX-TV - Editorial: Pre-K works, register your kids April 4-9
The Dallas Morning News - How Tennessee’s pre-K bill could affect education in Texas
Dallas Morning News – Online
Washington
- State’s largest school district adopts all-day kindergarten
Associated Press