Weekly Early Childhood Education News Report

August 21-25, 2017

FFYF in the News

• Kris Perry: Early childhood education wise investment
  The Columbus Dispatch

National News

• Home Visits Help Parents Overcome Tough Histories, Raise Healthy Children
  NPR
• Full-Day Kindergarten Students Do Better Than Half-Day Students, Analysis Finds
  Education Week
• Live in a Poor Neighborhood? Better Be a Perfect Parent.
  The New York Times
• ‘Redshirt’ Your Kids? Study Adds Fuel to a Complicated Debate
  Education Week
• New Study: KIPP Pre-K Has Big — and Possibly Lasting — Impact on Early Student Achievement
  The 74
• Payoffs Seen in Smooth Transition to Kindergarten
  Education Week
• Positive Early Home Environment Predicts Later Academic Success, Study Finds
  Education Week
• Here’s What States Are Doing With Their ESSA Block Grant Money
  Education Week
• 5 Key Things You Need to Know About Important New Study on the Benefits of KIPP Pre-K
  The 74

Arkansas

• Arkansas Head Start Introduces Race Equity Project for Pre-K Students
  Arkansas Matters

Colorado

• Colorado gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis goes back to school with preschool-pledge commercial
  Chalkbeat

Florida

• Early Learning Coalition works on stopping ‘summer slide’
  TC Palm
• Majority of Head Start kids in the Keys live below the poverty line
  FL Keys News

Georgia

• Georgia’s pre-K program works, study says
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Illinois

• State Board to Begin Measuring Kindergarten Readiness
  WTTW-FM

Iowa

• Iowa focuses early reading efforts, touts gains
  The Des Moines Register

Maryland

• Baltimore uses trauma research to improve life for poor parents and their children
  Washington Post

Michigan

• Big and small: sharing early education wisdom from rural to urban communities
  Rapid Growth Media

Mississippi

• Some Parents Left Behind on Child Care
  Jackson Free-Press

Nebraska

• Grant aims to make sure Lincoln families read aloud to children daily
  Lincoln Journal Star

New Mexico

• New Mexico’s Early-Learning Efforts Show Promise, Pitfalls, Report Finds
  Education Week

New York

• Early Head Start offers full-time school for two-year-olds by training parents to teach
  NY1
• Walmart Foundation grant for United Way’s childhood home visitation programs
  WXXI-FM
• New York City child care centers are serving more infants, but for poor families seats are scarce
  Chalkbeat

North Carolina

• Why Access to High-Quality Preschool Could Be Our Best Chance
  Charlotte Magazine

Ohio

• Column: Early childhood learning is important for all children
  Cincinatti.com
• Education: The future of FutureReady Columbus
  Columbus Monthly

Oklahoma

• TPS officials hope participation in national study attracts more children to public pre-k
  ABC Tulsa

Pennsylvania

• Philly Pre-K Gains In Popularity
  CBS Philly

Tennessee

• Early Childhood Literacy Efforts Push ‘Knowledge-Based Competency’
  Daily News
• Day care dilemma: Nashville’s growth causes child care crisis
  WSMV-TV

Texas

• Julián Castro and Pre-K 4 S.A. get nod from Politico Magazine
  San Antonio Express-News