November 27 – December 1, 2017
FFYF in the News
- Can We Improve America by Taking Better Care of Our 2-Year-Olds?
Slate.com - A New National Collaboration on Early Childhood, Backed by Pritzker Wealth
Inside Philanthropy
National News
- How an Online Personalized Preschool Experiment Could Change the Way Rural America Does Early Education
The 74 - Coaching works: Congress, support home visits for at-risk children
The Hill - Regardless of income level, access to quality care for 2-year-olds is tight
The Hechinger Report - What the Tax Bill Would Look Like for 25,000 Middle-Class Families
The Upshot - Ivanka Trump Should Stop Pretending the Tax Bill Will Help Women and Families
Center for American Progress - We know how to provide good child care, we just don’t insist on it
The Hechinger Report - Here’s what’s in the Senate Republican tax bill
CNN Money - Here’s what the best child care money can buy looks like
The Hechinger Report - Home Visiting’s Roller Coaster Congressional Ride
POLITICO Morning Ed - How sexism and old-fashioned ideals hurt child care operators
The Hechinger Report - Republican Tax Overhaul Heads to the Senate Floor for Debate
The New York Times - What France can teach us about how to to educate the most vulnerable 2-year-olds
The Hechinger Report - Congress needs a pro-work agenda for financial security of Americans
The Hill - Congress should rescue federal programs that actually work
The Hill - It Started as a Tax Cut. Now It Could Change American Life.
The New York Times - Rubio, Lee to offer child tax credit amendment to Senate bill
The Hill - Trump Wanted a Bigger Tax Cut for the Rich, Ivanka Went Elsewhere
The New York Times
Alabama
California
- California Counties Consider Child Care Program for Foster Parents
The Chronicle of Social Change - Opinion: Tax reform should expand anti-poverty credit
The Mercury News
Florida
Kentucky
- Sen. Rand Paul: Here’s why I plan to vote for the Senate tax bill (and my colleagues should step up)
Fox News
Michigan
- Testing Ground: A Closer Look at a Big Push on Early Childhood in Detroit
Inside Philanthropy
Nevada
- Tax reform will harm Nevada’s children: Tanata
Reno Gazette Journal
New Mexico
- New plan for early childhood education
Albuquerque Journal
Pennsylvania
- What do I need to know about preschool expulsions?
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tennessee
Texas
- Without recovery funds, more than 50 Texas day cares close after Harvey
The Texas Tribune - Four-year report shows Pre-K 4 SA students exceeding averages
San Antonio Express-News - How Early Childhood Programs Can Help Solve Houston’s Inequality
Houston Public Media
Utah
- Op-ed: Utah children deserve a better tax plan
Deseret News
Washington, D.C.
- Resources are slim for homeless kids. That’s where Bright Beginnings comes in.
The Washington Post