National News

• Fighting crime at its roots – 8/30/10, The Commercial Appeal (TN)  
• Police to promote preschool – 9/1/10, Des Moines Register (IA)
• Invest in developing the future: our children – 9/5/10, The Virginia-Pilot (VA)
• Minnesota / Anti-crime group praises value of preschools – 9/5/10, Pioneer Press (MN)
• Preschool investment will pay future dividends for county – 9/7/10, Ventura County Star (CA)
• Report shows state could save millions with quality preschool programs – 9/7/10, KTVU FOX (CA)
• We must shift from teacher quality to teaching quality – 9/8/10, Education Week (NAT)
• Learning through play – 9/9/10, Jenks Journal (OK)
• The State of State Pre-K: A Q&A with Lisa Guernsey – 9/9/10, Education Week (NAT)
• Maine Voices: Early childhood investments good for Maine's economy – 9/10/10, The Portland Press Herald (ME)

Washington State News

• Parties join forces to boost education – 8/28/10, The Olympian (WA)
• State releases 10-year plan for early learning  – 9/1/10, Thrive by Five Washington (Video)
• Kindergarten Transition Program: Beverly Park Elementary Gets Kindergartners Ready for Their First Big Day – 9/2/10, Birth to Thrive Online
• Regreso a clases: Un programa de White Center (en español) – 9/3/10, nuestronoroeste.com

National News

• D.C. really has an opportunity to serve as a national model – 8/27/10, The Washington Post (NAT)
• Quality early childhood education crucial – 8/28/10, The San Antonio Press (TX)
• In the News: Limited success with turnarounds; value-added evaluation model exploding – 9/1/10, Catalyst Chicago (IL)
• Law enforcement officials want early childhood ed funds – 9/1/10, KARE 11 (MN)
• The recession's toll on children –9/2010, Monitor on Psychology (NAT)
• Don't let today's recession-induced 'readiness gap' turn into tomorrow's achievement gap – 9/2/10, Minn Post (MN)

Washington State News

• Social inequality in prisons  – 8/22/10, The Seattle Times (WA)
  

National News

• Quality early learning matters – 8/22/10, The Kansas City Star (KS)
• Everybody benefits, but poor kids benefit the most – 8/23/10, The Washington Post (NAT)
• Nine states and DC finally win Race to the Top Funding – 8/24/10, Blog: Fire Dog Lake
• Defeat poverty by investing in our children – 8/25/10, Blog: Education & Public Safety

Research/Public Policy

• 'Cutting funding for early childhood education in order to meet the current budget shortfall is probably not a great idea' – 8/24/10, The Washington Post (NAT), Blog: Economic and Domestic Policy, and Lots of It

Washington State News

• Ready by Five receives $379,000 federal grant – 8/19/10, Yakima Herald- Republic

National/International

• Officials encourage early education as way to fight crime – 8/18/10, WNYT-TV (NY)
• How to close the achievement gap – 8/16/10, Newsweek (NAT)
• Don't drop out of school innovation – 8/19/10, The New York Times (NAT)
• How Obama got it right on school reform – 8/20/10, The Washington Post (NAT)
  

Research/Policy

• Early learning paves future – 8/19/10, The Times Union (GA)

Washington State

• Child Care Subsidies Among Gregoire Cuts (with interview with DEL Director Bette Hyde) – 8/13/10, KPLU
• WA gov announces $51M in cuts to state welfare – 8/13/10, The Seattle Times
• Pre-K education gets good reviews, frugal funding – 8/11/10, Tri-City Herald
• Editorial: Early learning program is a good investment – 8/10/10, The Daily News

National/International News

• Editorial: Kids Come First – 8/13/10, Florida Today (FL)
• State to spend $1.5m on child care training before rating system begins – 8/12/10, The Journal Times (WI)
• U.S. Government Creates Board for Early Learning – 8/11/10, Blog: Eye on Early Education (MA)
• Better Training on Early Years Urged for Principals – 8/11/10, Education Week (NAT)
• How to get the extra help your child needs – 8/10/10, Washington Post (NAT)
• America left behind – 8/10/10, The Huffington Post
• Child Care Costs More Than College – 8/9/10, New York Times Magazine (NAT)
• Make early education a part of school reform – 8/9/10, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
• Milk party campaign aims to improve child care in Florida – 8/9/10, The Chicago Tribune (NAT)
• Is Your Child Ready for Preschool? – July 2010, Parenting Magazine (NAT)

Research/Policy

• Impact of pre-K through 3rd grade alignment – 8/12/10, League of Education Voters

Washington State

• Young children need room to stretch their minds – 7/22/10, Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

National/International News

• Early start is key to children’s school success – 7/25/10, The South Bend Tribune (IN)
• Quality day care crucial to economy, some business leaders say – 7/25/10, The Macon (GA)
• Preparing kids to learn and succeed – 7/28/10, The Daily Freeman- Journal (IA)
• The value of quality early education demonstrated again in Tennessee study – 7/29/10, The Progressive Pulse (TN)

Research/Policy

• How preschool changes the brain – 7/27/10, WIRED (NAT)
• Obama’s universal preschool push – 7/27/10, FrumForum
• Congress should invest in early learning – 7/29/10, Superior Telegram (WI)

Washington State

• Young children need room to stretch their minds – 7/22/10, Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
• Budgets squeeze child care at community colleges – 7/13/10, Crosscut
• How much child care is too much? – 7/19/10, Spokesman Review

National/International News

• Iowa gets funding for home visiting program – 7/22/10, Chicago Tribune (IL)
• “Teach your children well” – 7/21/10, The Huffington Post (NAT)
• Reading and the Third Grade: How to Keep our Kids on the Right Track – 7/21/10, Huffington Post (NAT)
• Pennsylvania keeps tabs on day cares: But some day care providers say the inspections could be more stringent – 7/21/10, York Daily Record (PA)
• Play will get child ready for reading – 7/21/10, Detroit Free Press (MI)
• Voice analysis may help ID autism early – 7/21/10, CNN
• Latin America focuses on early learning – 7/20/10, Global Post (NAT)
• Obama administration has plans for Head Start improvements – 7/20/10, USA Today (NAT)
• Editorial: Cost is high, but need there for rating system for child-care services – 7/20/10, Sheboygan Press (WI)

Research/Policy

• Will ‘Pre-School for All’ survive Illinois Budget Crisis? – 7/20/10, The Hechinger Report: Early Stories Blog (NAT)
• Why Finland gets early childhood education right – 7/16/10, The Hechinger Report: Early Stories Blog (NAT)

Washington State

• Human resources department calls for better investments in children's programs and initiatives – 7/13/10, Thrive By Five Washington (WA)

National/International News

• Public preschool advocates worry about N.J. Gov. Christie’s task force on privatization recommendations – 7/10/10, NorthJersey.com (NJ)
• Is Georgia getting the maximum bang from HOPE Scholarship? Or should more money go to early childhood? – 7/10/10, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
• Early education access woefully lacking in state – 7/11/10, The Indianapolis Star (IN)
• WISC Editorial Agenda 2010- Time For Kids/ First Five Years – 7/11/10, Channel 3000.com (WI)
  Budget daze: Next governor must rebuild state’s economy – 7/11/10, Gainsville Times (GA)
• Our view on early education: Fix Head Start before throwing money at it – 7/13/10, USA Today (NAT)
• Opposing view on early education: 'Significant dividend' – 7/13/10, USA Today (NAT)
• Early learning in ESEA: Talking about turnarounds – 7/13/10, EducationNews.org (NAT)
• Oregon to receive more than $474 million in additional recovery – 7/13/10, Scottrade (NAT)  
• Seven innovative ideas for pre-k education: Will these projects be funded? – 7/14/10, New America Foundation (NAT)
• Maine voices: Reading success depends greatly on what happens before school – 7/14/10, The Portland Press Herald (ME)
• Albany parents lobby in Sacramento today to stop childcare cuts – 7/14/10, AlbanyPatch (CA)
• Illinois rules to identify ELLs in preschool will go forward – 7/14/10, Education Week (NAT)
• W. Va board OKs 40 counties' preschool plans – 7/14/10, Charleston Daily Mail (WV)
• Hillsboro board reinstates pre-k – 7/15/10, The Journal-News (IL)
• Lt. Gov. Bryant taps panel to study successful pre-k model for Mississippi children – 7/15/10, The Republic (MS)
• Delayed state payments put early childhood research in jeopardy – 7/15/10, Catalyst Chicago (IL)
• Dollars for these scholars? – 7/15/10, The Baltimore Sun (MD)  
• Stritzler: Early education – 7/15/10, Vermont Public Radio (VT)
• For the fourth straight year, Alabama's prekindergarten program ranks at the tops of the heal, but it reaches far too few children – 7/15/10, Birmingham News ( AL)
• Chevron Pascagoula refinery donates $1.25 million to education initiatives; Luncheon draws JFK’s nephew – 7/16/10, The Mississippi Press (MS)
• Cops aim to keep kids out of crime – 7/16/10, The Sun Journal (ME)  
• Petal chosen for national education project – 7/16/10, Hattiesburg American (MS)

Washington State

• Young mothers learn parenting skills through care program – 7/8/10, Peninsula Gatesway
• Washington State to Ensure Equal Access to Child Protective and Welfare Services for All Its Children – 7/7/10, Business Wire

National/International News

• Johns Hopkins researchers rate effectiveness of early childhood education programs – 7/7/10, Health Canal
• The Decline of Family-Friendly Benefits – 7/8/10, The Wall Street Journal: The Juggle Blog (NAT)
• A Profile of Early Education and Care in Boston – 7/7/10, Strategies for Children, Inc. Blog: Eye on Early Education (MA)
• Get Ready to Invest in Early Learning – 7/7/10, Indianapolis Star (IN)
• Editorial: Child care rating system will offer valuable guidance – 7/7/10, Green Bay Press Gazette (WI)
• Left behind ... before first grade? – 7/7/10, Change.org (NAT)
• French preschools aim to please toddlers, moms – 7/7/10, National Public Radio (NAT)
• Pa. considers fee for Pre-K Counts program – 7/5/10, The York Dispatch (PA)
• Many parents don't know how to look for quality day care – 7/4/10, Macon Telegraph (GA)
• Many 1st-graders are behind the minute they step into classroom – 7/6/10, Indianapolis Star (IN)
• Study: Many child care centers low-quality – 7/3/10, Atlanta Journal Constitution (GA)

Research/Policy

•  Is poor quality early childhood education better than none at all?—7/8/10, The Hechinger Report: Early Stories Blog (NAT)

Washington State

• Childhood obesity still rising, and parents don't see it – 6/29/10, The Seattle Times
• EDITORIAL: The bonds between parent and child ought to be supported – 6/28/10, The Seattle Times

National/International News

• 'Sandbox Party' sets sights on early education funding – 7/2/10, The Lansing State Journal (MI)
• New Mexico Invests $1 Million For Early Childhood Programs – 7/1/10, GovMonitor (AZ)
• State budget crisis threatens child care throughout county – 7/2/10, The Desert Sun (CA)
• Day care: 4,588 Arkansas children lose access to programs – 7/1/10, KTHV-TV (AK)
• Chat: Educating preschoolers whose native language isn't English – 6/29/10, Education Week
• Mothers Of Autistic Children Suffer In The Workplace – 6/28/10, Forbes Magazine (NAT)
• Cost of child care continues to be biggest burden on working families – 6/28/10, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
• A Place for Play: Why reading programs must combine playful learning with direct instruction – 6/13/10, The American  Prospect (NAT)
• Wisconsin child care rating system to start – 6/24/10, WFRV-TV (WI)

Research/Policy

• Early Learning in ESEA: Talking about Turnarounds – 7/1/10, New America Foundation Blog: Early Ed Watch
• Few States Track Children’s Readiness For School – 6/29/10, New America Foundation Blog: Early Ed Watch
• Federal teacher programs: Are pre-k teachers part of the picture? – 6/29/10, New America Foundation Blog: Early Ed Watch