USA Today – Troy Vincent

“As the father of five children, I consider one of my most important duties is to be a teacher. That is why this Father’s Day, in return for the gifts I receive, I will reciprocate with the greatest gift I can give my children — the tools required to have and sustain healthy, mature relationships built on mutual respect and trust. To accomplish this, I am on a constant quest to identify teachable moments.”(more)

The Christian Science Monitor – Stacy Teicher Khadaroo

“Hillary Clinton, a longtime children’s advocate, helped launch the Too Small to Fail initiative that aims to bring parents, businesses, and communities together on behalf of children under age five.”(more)

The Blayney Chronicle – Annemarie Laurence

“In an ideal Australia, all children aged three would attend a preschool where a speech pathologist would be employed to work alongside the teachers. This would enable them to be screened for speech and/or language delay and to have access to several fun activities that would help develop their language and stimulate emerging literacy skills.”(more)

Dealbook – NY Times – William Alden

“Goldman Sachs is making its second foray into an experimental method of financing social services, lending up to $4.6 million for a childhood education program in Salt Lake City. This “social impact bond,” in which Goldman stands to make money if the program is successful but will lose its investment if it fails, will support a preschool program intended to reduce the need for special education and remedial services. The upshot, in theory, is that taxpayers will not have to bear the upfront cost of the program.”(more)

OpEdNews – Robert Reich

“If we had a strategy designed to increase jobs and wages, what would it look like? For starters, it would focus on raising the productivity of all Americans through better education — including early-childhood education and near-free higher education.”(more)

Think Progress – Katie Hamm

“Every year that we wait to act, a new cohort of children lose out on the benefits of early education. Here are some reasons to get behind universal preschool that may surprise you:”(more)

BBC – Sean Coughlan

“The global figure for the number of children without access to schools has fallen to 57 million, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.”(more)

The State – Shi

“We have known for years that too many children lack competencies fundamental to their school success. This unfortunately happens because of things they don’t learn by age 5 — most notably in the areas of spoken language and literacy, self-regulation, social-emotional competence and early math.”(more)

Homeroom – Cameron Brenchley

“The consensus is in: High-quality preschool provides our country’s children with the social, emotional and academic skills needed for school skills. This is also the message that individuals and organizations across the country are highlighting today as part of the national Early Learning Day of Action.”(more)

Homeroom – Cameron French

“Every parent wants their child to have opportunities for lifelong success – and that starts with getting kids off to a strong start…Today, the White House released state-by-state fact sheets, outlining what states could expect to receive in federal funding to expand these early learning initiatives in their states.”(more)