Weekly Early Childhood Education News Report

August 14-18, 2017

National News

• Partisan Path for Tax Reform by Senate Republicans Faces Hurdles
  Morning Consult
• Pediatricians Urged to Get Involved With Early-Childhood Education
  Education Week
• Rubio hosting events to build support for child tax credit proposal
  The Hill
• Obama Education Appointees: Where Are They Now?
  Education Week
• The High-Speed Preschool Experiment
  The Atlantic
• When Families Lead Themselves Out of Poverty
  The New York Times
• Food Stamps And Child Care Go Hand in Hand For Families
  The Huffington Post
• Positive Parenting: Opening doors for Latino kids
  WFMZ-TV
• GOP chairman: Tax reform could increase deficit
  The Hill

California

• This Early Child Education Group Is Getting A Closer Look From Mark Zuckerberg’s Philanthropy
  Forbes
• This Early Child Education Group Is Getting A Closer Look From Mark Zuckerberg’s Philanthropy
  Forbes

Colorado

• The Art of Teaching the Youngest Students
  The Atlantic

Connecticut

• State to continue funding pre-K expansion despite lack of budget
  The CT Mirror

Guam

• OUR VIEW: More funding needed to expand Head Start Program
  Pacific Daily News

Kentucky

• Kentucky Science Center’s Focus On Play Reflects Early Childhood Research
  WFPL-FM

Louisiana

• Mayor Broome launches Cradle to K initiative with new Facebook page aimed at helping parents
  The Advocate

Mississippi

• ‘It changed my life’: Child care for working moms
  The Clarion-Ledger

New Mexico

• Early Childhood Programs Net Mixed Results in New Mexico
  Associated Press

New York

• Strengthening School Readiness in New York City’s Pre-K for All
  Education Week
• Delivering on the Promise of New York City’s Pre-K for All
  Education Week
• Bank Street heads to East New York to help child care providers play to their strengths
  Chalkbeat

Ohio

• Candidate for Toledo mayor advocates universal pre-K
  The Blade
• Preschool Promise aims to give each child access to quality preschool
  WKRC-TV

Oklahoma

• Tulsa Public Schools pre-kindergarten program still has more than 300 spots to fill
  Tulsa World
• Tulsa World Editorial: Let’s fill those empty pre-K seats
  Tulsa World

Pennsylvania

• RSVP Family Literacy program stresses importance of reading to Head Start students
  Montgomery News

Vermont

• Steve Ames: An ounce of prevention
  VT Digger

Wyoming

• Wyoming Places Kindergarten In Statewide Assessment
  Wyoming Public Media