Weekly Early Childhood Education News Report

April 2-6, 2018

 

National News

• Supporting today’s youth to create tomorrow’s advocates
  The Hill

Alabama

• Funding increase for Pre-K approved
  Alex City Outlook

 

Arkansas

• Walton family funds pre-k success study
  Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

California

• Home day cares are disappearing across California
  Marketplace

Colorado

• Will there be another legislative push to limit early childhood suspensions in Colorado? Not this year.
  Chalkbeat

Maryland

• Maryland General Assembly approves bill mandating more spending on child care subsidies
  The Baltimore Sun

Minnesota

• Committee considers changes to pre-K programming delivery
  BP Leader

Missouri

• Preschoolers to benefit from $1 million grant to Science City
  The Kansas City Star

Montana

• Governor seeks to keep early childhood education
  Bozeman Daily Chronicle
• Can state-funded preschool work in rural Montana? Ask Red Lodge.
  Billings Gazette

Pennsylvania

• New 24-hour learning center may serve as model
  Pittsburgh Courier
• PNC Foundation funding initiatives for early childhood education
  Pittsburgh Business Times

Texas

• Parents, give your kids a leg up by enrolling them in pre-K
  Dallas Morning News
• Texas can do better than suspend its youngest students [Editorial]
  Houston Chronicle
• Fort Worth shows why universal pre-k is worth it
  The Star-Telegram

Washington

• Murray: ‘There is a child care crisis’ in U.S.
  The Columbian