February 20-24, 2017
Kris Perry, FFYF, and Invest in US Coverage
- Why Are Mississippi’s Youngest Students a Top Priority For This Big Foundation?
Inside Philanthropy
National News
- Preschool can provide a boost, but the gains can fade surprisingly fast
The Washington Post - Federal Hiring Freeze Suspends Some Army Child Care Programs
com - Head Start Could Be Innovator for Early-Childhood Workforce, Ed. Group Says
Education Week - House Education Committee Staffers Get New Power This Congress
Education Week - Inside Ivanka Trump’s Campaign for a $500 Billion Child-Care Plan
Bloomberg - Parents fight for higher wages for childcare workers
CBS News - Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: We’re committed to ‘very significant’ tax reform by August recess
CNBC - Trump Vowed to Protect the Safety Net. What if His Appointees Disagree?
The New York Times - Head Start: Keeping It Real
The Huffington Post - Pentagon: Military Child Care Cuts May Have Been Mistakes
The Associated Press - Hiring-freeze confusion hits military parents
The Washington Post - Child Care Laggard
S. News & World Report - Ivanka Trump Is Trying to Sell Congress on Her Regressive Child-Care
Tax Deduction
Slate - With supports, the impact of high-quality preschool does not fade out
The Washington Post
Alabama
- Pre-K has support, but Bentley’s $20M funding request a heavy lift
Decatur Daily - Bill would require all Alabama child care centers be licensed, remove
religious exemption
AL.com
Alaska
Arkansas
- Child care proposal advances
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
California
Colorado
- Full-day kindergarten among possible budget cuts in Aurora
Chalkbeat Colorado
Florida
- Darius Tandon: Careful intervention helps mothers and babies
Herald Tribune - YWCA of Palm Beach County: Helping women, children
Palm Beach Post
Idaho
- Advocates stand up for benefits of early education in committee hearing
KTVB-TV - Eye-Opening Early Ed Statistics Presented To Idaho Senate
Education Committee
KBSX-FM
Indiana
- POINT OF VIEW: The key to pre-K
Goshen News - United Way of Central Indiana Announces Winners for Five-Year Initiative
WIBC-TV - Indiana Senate panel slashes Holcomb pre-K funding proposal
The Associated Press - Pre-K Expansion Could Include Online Preschool
WIBC-TV
Mississippi
- State suspends pilot child care inspection program
The Clarion-Ledger - Mississippi’s child care regulations may be changed
WLBT-TV
Missouri
- Lack of investment in our youngest residents is a problem
Louis Post-Dispatch
Montana
- Montana legislator introduces preschool bill
Missoulian - State Senate Passes, Then Tables, Full-Day Kindergarten Funding Bill
New Hampshire Public Radio
New Mexico
- Proposed soda tax clears first committee
Albuquerque Journal - Hope for child welfare in New Mexico? ‘We are not trapped at 49th’
The Taos News - Industry comes out in force, committee kills energy surtax for early
childhood ed funding
NM Political Report - Let’s leave education to teachers and experts, not the city
Albuquerque Journal - Bill to consolidate early ed programs stalls
Las Cruses Sun-News
New York
- In My Opinion: Make early childhood education more affordable
Press Republican
North Carolina
- CEOs highlight Pre-K as linchpin of reading, and jobs
Lincoln Times-News - Texting is the latest tool to help babies flourish
The Herald-Sun
Oklahoma
- Ginnie Graham: OU-Tulsa researcher part of Educare study published in top academic journal
Tulsa World
Pennsylvania
- City may launch task force to examine affordable preschool
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
South Carolina
- Rx for success: early reading
The State
Texas
- Texas must fully fund pre-K for low-income kids
The Dallas Morning News - Sanborn and Jones: High-quality pre-K is key to Texas’ future
Houston-Chronicle - Pre-K is the greatest, most cost-efficient impact on our future workforce that Texas lawmakers can make
The Dallas Morning News
Vermont
- VT child cares closing faster since new regulations
Burlington Free Press
Wisconsin
- Numerous Factors Causing Wisconsin Preschool Teacher Shortage
Wisconsin Public Radio - Borsuk: Early childhood education deserves focus
Journal Sentinel