June 27-July 1, 2016
Presidential Candidates
- Clinton’s Day Care Plan: A Good Start, but Not Enough
The New York Times - Politicians say they care about education. Now public school advocates are putting them to the test.
The Washington Post Online
National News
- Early-Education Teacher Training Programs Don’t Measure Up, Analysis Says
Education Week - Why a secretive, Mark Zuckerberg-backed investment fund has bet big on Age of Learning
Los Angeles Times - Preschoolers’ cognitive skills may be tied to timing of their motor milestones
Philly.com - What Good Preschool Looks Like: Snapshots From Four States
NPR Online - Here’s What High Quality Preschool Looks Like In Real Life
Education Week - Tech for tots and teachers: promoting STEM learning in preK-3 classrooms
The Hechinger Report
California
- California’s Transitional Kindergarten Program Gets Encouraging Report Card
Education Week - Preschool, child care centers scramble as key funding source ends in LA
KPCC-FM
Colorado
Connecticut
- Families To Retain Child Care Subsidy
The Hartford Courant
Indiana
- Editorial: Universal pre-K education would pay off for Indiana
The Herald Bulletin - Meet Indy’s new tool for tracking neighborhoods
The Indianapolis Star
Kansas
- Some parents lose education services amid state changes to early childhood program
Topeka Capital-Journal
Kentucky
Louisiana
- Louisiana must create a better future for our children: Editorial
NOLA.com
Maryland
- An early head start
The Baltimore Sun
Michigan
- If early childhood education is so important and expensive, why aren’t teachers paid more?
Michigan Radio Network - Michigan’s low investment in child care costs state and poor children alike
Mlive.com
Missouri
- Early Childhood Education Initiative announces $5 million ad campaign
The Missouri Times
Nebraska
- Debate over half- or full-day early childhood programs dominates LPS budget work session
Lincoln Journal Star
New York
- Albany Med partners to support early childhood program
Albany Business Review
Oklahoma
- ‘There is nothing left’: State’s child-care cuts create hardship for working parents in need
Tulsa World - DHS lifts freeze on child-care subsidies
Tulsa World
Pennsylvania
- For our kids and the economy, Pa. needs to invest in quality childcare: Michael Hanes
PennLive.com - OPED: Early ed is smartest investment we can make
The York Dispatch
Tennessee
- Shelby County educators discuss pre-K efforts a year after $8 million grant
The Commercial Appeal
Texas
- EPISD to bring pre-K to five YWCA sites
El Paso Times - Libraries boost children’s learning with summer reading programs
Houston Chronicle Online/chron.com - McWhirter revives full-day pre-K program
Houston Chronicle Online/chron.com
Utah
- Utah gets high marks for child well-being, falls behind in health care
Deseret News Online
Vermont
- Vermont First State to Offer Universal Pre-K
VTDigger.org
Washington
Washington, DC
- Court rules D.C. underserves and underidentifies preschoolers with disabilities
The Washington Post