April 17-21, 2017
National News
- The “candy option” for tax reform
Axios - Supply-Side Economics, but for Liberals
The New York Times - How Some Companies Are Making Child Care Less Stressful for Their Employees
Harvard Business Review - Ready Or Not (For Kindergarten), Some Research Says, Enroll Anyway
NPR - Directors’ Perspective: Improving Teacher Preparation for Early Learning Centers
Education Week - What’s Missing From Some State ESSA Plans?
Education Week - Mnuchin Warns Health Care Debacle Will Delay Tax Reforms
Reuters - Giving Ivanka Trump ‘the benefit of the doubt’
POLITICO - Local, state tax deductions on Gary Cohn’s list
Axios - Your Call: The child care crisis in America
KALW-FM - How Child Care Enriches Mothers, and Especially the Sons They Raise
The New York Times - Students Entering 1st Grade With Better Reading Skills Than Previously, Study Says
Education Week - The GOP Needs New Ideas for Lowering Taxes
Slate Magazine - Here We Go Again? How a Government Shutdown Could Impact Schools
Education Week - What Does Science Tell Us About Prekindergarten?
Education Week - Treasury’s Mnuchin: We’re ‘pretty close’ to bringing forward ‘major tax reform’
CNBC - Trump Picks Ex-HP Executive for Top Management Job at Education Department
Education Week
Alabama
California
- Using busing to combat kindergarten truancy
KPCC-FM - See how much child care costs in each California county
The Sacramento Bee - Long Beach among few districts in the state offering younger kids kindergarten
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Colorado
- Celebrating Week of the Young Child
Journal-Advocate - How Colorado is trying to boost access to quality child care for poor kids
Chalkbeat Colorado
Connecticut
- Early Childhood commissioner named
CT Mirror
Delaware
Florida
Illinois
Indiana
- Indiana Lawmakers Consider Virtual Pre-K
WIBQ-AM - Letters: State needs to invest more in preschool
Indianapolis Star - As Indiana Looks To Spread Pre-K, Online Option Sparks Controversy
WBOI-FM - Let’s Give Our Kids A Head Start
WBIW-FM - Final budget proposal: dollars for Indiana pre-K pilot program will nearly double
Indianapolis Star
Kentucky
Massachusetts
- Can Love Close the Achievement Gap?
The Atlantic
Michigan
Minnesota
- ‘Everything is learning’: Minnesota districts with free pre-K say its boon for kids, parents
West Central Tribune - Lt. Gov. Smith Visits Mankato, Talks Free Voluntary Pre-K
KEYC-TV
Missouri
New Hampshire
- In rare legislative appearance, Sununu makes pitch for full-day kindergarten
The Associated Press
New Mexico
- Reader View: Let’s bring more high-quality pre-K to Santa Fe
Santa Fe New Mexican
New York
- City pre-K programs also have high lead count in drinking water
New York Post - Families Begin Receiving Pre-K Acceptance Letters in NYC
WABC-TV
North Carolina
- $350,000 for pre-K education misused, NC auditor says; better oversight urged for statewide program
The Associated Press - Who’s in charge of early education in NC? Soon it could be three offices in Raleigh
The News & Observer
Ohio
- Teachers union to host DeVos on visit to public schools in rural Ohio
Washington Post - $34M for preschool funding approved in Dayton
My Dayton Daily News - Ohio Town’s Schools Hope to Be ‘More Than a Line Item’ in the Federal Budget
The New York Times
Tennessee
- Protecting early childhood education helps national security
The Commercial Appeal
Texas
- What it really means to be kindergarten ready
The Dallas Morning News - Bugs, a ‘hippie’ bus and nature: It’s a new kind of Pre-K for the kiddos
The Dallas Morning News - Funding full-day prekindergarten throughout Texas
The Dallas Examiner - The Texas Legislature passed up an opportunity to save taxpayers a lot of money
The Dallas Morning News - Abbott Aims To Reassure Houston Business Leaders Over Pre-K Funding
Houston Public Media - Does kindergarten today require too much work?
Houston Chronicle - H-E-B pre-K students partner with parents for success
Star-Telegram
Washington
- Lawmakers should not pick and choose what education to fund
The Seattle Times
West Virginia
- New program gets parents involved in early childhood development
WDTV-TV - WV Gov. Justice signs bill raising kindergarten, pre-K enrollment age
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Wisconsin