Washington State/Research

• UW research finds better-prepared care providers give children literacy advantage – 09/06/11, TheNewsTribune.com

National

• Duncan to talk education and the economy in swing states – 09/06/11, Education Week
• Educators tackling problems in two crucial age groups – 09/09/12, New York Times

Washington State

• Early learning programs pay huge dividends –  08/28/11, The Olympian
• Funding means class for 36 more local kids – 08/29/11, The Columbian

National

• Maps and More: Additional materials from our Race-to-the-Top analysis – 09/01/11, Early Ed Watch

National

• What states must do to win an Early Learning Challenge grant – 08/23/11, Early Ed Watch (NAT)
• Already Ahead: Top contenders in the Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge  – 08/26/11, Early Ed Watch (NAT)

Policy

• How does Obama want to reshape preschools? Education Department shows its hand. – 08/23/11, Christian Science Monitor (NAT)
• Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge – 08/24/11, The White House

Washington State

• State to compete for school grant – 08/17/11, Associated Press (WA) 
  

National

• Preschool: The best job-training program – 08/12/11, NPR (Video)
• New Race to Top spurs concerns about testing preschoolers – 08/18/11, Education Week

National

• Bipartisan House Early Ed. Bill Introduced – 08/09/11, Education Week
• Why preschool? – 08/12/11, Petoskey News
  

National

• Race to the Top's New Early Learning Endeavor – July/August 2011, District Administration

Research/Policy

• The Debt Ceiling Agreement and Early Ed – 06/04/11, Early Ed Watch

National

• 14 states slow to ask for federal rewards for pre-K upgrades – 07/24/11, Washington Times
• Arne Duncan defends education funding, policies to Senate committee – 07/27/11, Huffington Post

Policy/Research

• Heard in the forum: NAESP report on prek-3rd – 07/22/11, Early Ed Watch
• Report finds progress, problems for students with learning disabilities – 07/27/11, Education Week

National

• Aligning early childhood learning with elementary education – 07/11/11, Education Week
• Is Pre-K testing and accountability coming? – 07/13/11, Huffington Post
• Moving the Agenda on the Early Learning Challenge – 07/15/11, Education Week

Research/Policy

• Guest Post: On Beyond Pre-K – 07/11/11, Early Ed Watch

National

• Governors, are you planning to join the early learning competition? – 07/06/11, Early Ed Watch
• About those 'kindergarten-entry assessments' in Race to the Top – 07/07/11, Early Ed Watch

Research/Policy

• Arne Duncan: How Dream Act can cut deficit – 07/07/11, NPR (NAT) (Audio)

Washington

• Yakima's Ready by Five wins grant—06/24/11, Yakima Herald

National

• New Race to Top stresses pre-k tests, early ed. program ratings – 07/11/11, Education Week
• States can qualify for $100M grant for preschools – 07/1/11, Associated Press

Research/Policy

• Transforming Education Across the Pre-K to Grade Three Years –06/30/11, Youth Today
• New data reveals the real problem in education – 07/1/11, Washington Post