December 5-9, 2016
National News
- For College Students With Kids, Getting Cheap Child Care Is A Challenge
NPR - Why Parents and Doctors Should Think About A.D.H.D. in Preschool
The New York Times - Home Visits Work: Let’s Make Them Universal
The Chronicle of Social Change - DeVos Would Be First Ed. Sec. Who Hasn’t Been a Public School Parent or Student
Education Week - The Playground Where Babies Learn to Talk
The Atlantic - Free. Effective. And Underenrolled.
Slate - ‘Pay for Success’ Funding Model Focus of Policy Toolkit
Education Week - Child Care Subsidies Are Dwindling, for and by the States
Governing
California
- ‘We need to get moving’: LAUSD’s King urges school board to approve retooled
3-year plan
KPCC-FM - California Ranks High For Least Affordable Infant, Child Care
KCAL-TV - L.A. school board won’t vote to approve superintendent’s strategic plan
The Los Angeles Times
Illinois
Indiana
Louisiana
- Could a plan to improve early education be putting the squeeze on child
care centers?
The Hechinger Report
Maryland
- Less than half of Maryland kindergartners ready for school
The Baltimore Sun
Mississippi
- How child care quality could take a hit when Mississippi’s resource libraries
shut down
The Hechinger Report
New Hampshire
New Mexico
- Mayor slims down effort to tax sugary beverages, exempts diet drinks
Santa Fe New Mexican
North Carolina
- Money is there for universal pre-K
The Charlotte Observer - Mecklenburg needs universal Pre-K, but poor kids need other help too
The Charlotte Observer
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Clock ticking, city seeks more kids for pre-k
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Lead continues to poison Philadelphia children: what can be done?
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Tennessee
- Raising happy children: Local agency teaches stressed parents how to avoid
child abuse
Times Free Press - Vanderbilt study: Pre-K math skills a possible indicator of student success
The Tennessean
Texas
- Abbott can and should do better for pre-K kids
Star-Telegram - Quality pre-K helps low-income students score better on reading tests
Star-Telegram - Study finds high-quality preschool essential for academic success of
low-income students
KSAT-TV - Study: Pre-K boosts future test scores of low-income students
Houston Chronicle - Advocates push to double funding for pre-K grants
Houston Chronicle