Education Week – Alyson Klein
“Federal early-childhood education programs aren’t doing nearly enough to meet a tidal wave of demand at the state level, in the view of U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa…But his legislation…isn’t likely to get enacted anytime soon. That’s partly because of its price tag, more $30 billion over the first five years, a tall order in a Congress bent on trimming spending.”(more)