May 15-19, 2017
National News
- Sheryl Sandberg Calls for U.S. Policy Changes to Aid Working Mothers
Bloomberg - Trump calls for more women’s health care, paid family leave options
POLITICO - Seventeen State ESSA Plans Now Complete and Ready for Review
Education Week - Children in Head Start who miss more preschool show fewer academic gains
Medical Xpress - Will Donald Trump give working families a break?
Salon - What Mothers Need to Succeed
U.S. News & World Report - Americans Prioritize Small Business, Middle-Class Relief in Tax Reform
Morning Consult - Preschool Curriculum Creator Extends Reach to Kindergarten
Education Week - Why Doesn’t Apple’s State-of-the-Art New Campus Include a Day Care?
Slate - Head Start Turns 52 Today. Congress Should Protect Its Funding
Education Week - Koch network to launch major campaign for tax reform
Axios - The Decade of the Brain
The Atlantic - This Startup Is Transforming Metropolitan Cities Into Giant Educational Playgrounds
Forbes - Trump’s first full education budget: Deep cuts to public school programs in pursuit of school choice
The Washington Post - Happy Birthday, Head Start
U.S. News & World Report - Campus child care made it possible for this young parent to graduate college. Now Trump wants to ax the program.
The Washington Post - On-demand child care startup Trusted expands to New York
Venture Beat - Transitional kindergarten helps prepare English learners for school, study finds
EdSource
Alabama
- Bills on autism, child care, prisons pending in Legislature’s last week
AL.com - Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program to add at least 100 classrooms
Alabama News Center
California
- California considers investing $100 million in home visits for new moms and their babies
KPCC-FM - California Can Lead the Country in English Learner Education
Education Week - Gov. Brown’s revised budget plan draws mixed response from early education advocates
EdSource - Quality Child Care Services Aimed To Assist Homeless Families
San Francisco News - Change needed to help preschoolers with mental health issues
OC Register
Colorado
- Child care: Costly in Colorado
KJCT-TV
Florida
- Editorial: An investment in early childhood
The Gainesville Sun
Georgia
- Opinion: Help on the way for Georgians stuck below ‘welfare cliffs’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Indiana
- Indiana sets aside $1M for online programs for preschoolers
The Associated Press - Pre-K expanding in Indiana but has new limits
The Herald Bulletin
Michigan
- Flint daycare, preschool aims to mitigate effects of lead exposure
Michigan Radio - What Michigan can learn from Chicago about growing early childhood education
Model D Media
Minnesota
- Parents face a complex early-learning system in Minnesota
WDAZ-TV - Guest Opinion: Closing state opportunity gaps requires more resources for children
Brainerd Dispatch
Missouri
- Pre-K Funding Could Expand Under Missouri Budget Proposal
The Associated Press
New Mexico
- Santa Fe’s soda tax fight cost more than $4 million
Albuquerque Journal
New York
- With a major but little-noticed move, New York City signals that learning starts at birth
Chalkbeat New York - Inequality of de Blasio’s making
New York Daily News
North Carolina
- Investing in what works – high-quality pre-kindergarten education
The News & Observer
South Carolina
- State funding can help provide students a strong start in life
The Post and Courier
Texas
- Early Childhood Intervention Providers Are Still Standing
D Magazine - Two Views: How Texas’ pre-K programs keep students on path to college
American-Statesman - Will Texas have a bright future, or a future of blight?
Houston Chronicle
Vermont
- Pre-K education in Burlington gets big boost
Burlington Free Press
Virginia
West Virginia
- Gazette editorial: Wrong way on pre-K
Charleston Gazette-Mail