EXCERPT FROM: QUAD-CITY TIMES
By Dr. Andy McGuire
Right now, Iowans are discussing how best to help children succeed in a global economy.

EXCERPT FROM: WHBF TV Quad Cities
By Courtney Baker
Are your little one's safe in someone else's care?  That's the question after Muscatine police said an 8 month old died in an illegal in home daycare.

EXCERPT FROM: WCF Courier
By Jim Offner
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --- The day care situation in Cedar Falls got a bit tighter Monday with the closure of Cradles 2 Crayons, at 4710 Cedar Heights Drive.

EXCERPT FROM: The Des Moines Register
By Jason Clayworth
Gov. Terry Branstad sidestepped numerous questions from reporters Tuesday about whether he has officially dropped his stand against the state's free preschool program.

EXCERPT FROM: WHOtv.com
By Emily Carlson
A Des Moines preschool says it has spent thousands of dollars to protect its day care from flooding, yet for the third time in less than a year its basement has filled with water.

EXCERPT FROM: Bloomberg Businessweek
By Mike Glover
Statehouse Republicans proposed a two-year state budget they said makes concessions to Democrats on education funding and preschool programs.

EXCERPT FROM: The Des Moines Register
By Staci Hupp
Iowans can expect state-paid preschool to be spared from the budget ax next year.

EXCERPT FROM: The Des Moines Register
By Jason Clayworth
The latest legislative skirmish over a revived plan to end free preschool for all 4-year-olds centers on administrative costs, and a nonpartisan estimate shows those costs would roughly triple.

EXCERPT FROM: WCF Courier
By Emily Christensen
WATERLOO - Northeast Iowa families now have access to nearly $200,000 in child care scholarships, but few are taking advantage of the new program.

EXCERPT FROM: The Decorah Newspapers
By Lissa Greiner
Whether or not the Northeast Iowa Community College Child Development Center stays open is not just an NICC issue, it's a community issue.