Early Childhood Education
Thursday, March 20, 2025
School meal programs on GOP's chopping block
Children's advocates are crying foul after House Republicans called for $12 billion in cuts to school meal programs, including the Community …
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Texans encouraged to use their voices during current legislative session
Many Texans feel strongly, one way or another, about the proposed school voucher bill before state lawmakers. Gov. Greg Abbott has proposed a plan to …
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Colorado takes Trump to court over efforts to abolish Education Department
As the Trump administration makes good on promises to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, educators and parents are raising concerns about the …
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Bill would revamp OR special ed preschool funding
Legislation to overhaul the way Oregon funds early childhood special education has advanced through the state House with near unanimous support…
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
PA teachers union opposes Trump plan to dismantle U.S. Department of Education
The Trump administration's effort to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education is facing strong opposition from the Pennsylvania State Education …
TX educators eye changes at the Department of Education
Educators in Texas are concerned about the Trump administration's plans to dismantle the Department of Education. One of the Department's primary …
Possible closure of US Department of Education 'devastating' for VA
Capitol Hill observers said the Trump administration is moving quickly against the federal Department of Education, potentially leaving Virginia …
AR engineer honored with U.S. coin
March is Women's History Month and an Arkansas native has made history by being honored with a $1 coin from the U.S. Mint. The late Raye Montague …
Push to save Dolly Parton’s Indiana book program grows
Indiana's new budget does not include funding for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. The program sends free books to children from birth to age 5…
All AR students to receive free breakfast in upcoming school year
Workers in the fight against hunger in Arkansas are celebrating the passage and signing of Senate Bill 59. The legislation makes free breakfast …
PA budget proposal boosts early childhood education funding
A Pennsylvania nonprofit is praising Gov. Josh Shapiro's new budget proposal, which includes a funding increase for early childhood education…
Schools struggle to keep up with diabetes tech, leaving parents to fill gaps
By Phil Galewitz for KFF Health News.Broadcast version by Trimmel Gomes for Florida News Connection reporting for the KFF Health News-Public News Serv…