EXCERPT FROM: TheUnion.com
By Kyle Magin
Pre-school administrators are concerned the building blocks of California's public education system may be knocked down by the state's ever-worsening budget crisis.

EXCERPT FROM: American Psychological Association
By Amy Novotney
More than one in five American children now live in poverty, the highest rate in two decades, and one that surpasses that of most other industrialized nations, according to a June report from the nonprofit Foundation for Child Development. Since 1975, the organization has tracked children’s overall quality of life with 28 well-being indicators, including infant mortality, preschool enrollment and children’s health insurance coverage.

EXCERPT FROM: Charleston Daily Mail
By The Associated Press
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - The federal government is helping West Virginia University at Parkersburg make it easier for people with young children to pursue a college degree.

EXCERPT FROM: The Daily Californian
By Soumya Karlamangla
The beginning of the school year Wednesday in the Berkeley Unified School District also marks the end of several before- and after-school programs serving low-income students and their families.

EXCERPT FROM: Gothamist
By Jaya Saxena
This year, over 112 public schools placed students on wait lists for their kindergarten programs, and last year the Daily News reported that getting into many Brooklyn pre-K programs were "tougher to get into than Harvard." Now, the News says getting into Brooklyn pre-K is even tougher than that.

EXCERPT FROM: WAFF 48 News
By Bobby Shuttleworth
DECATUR, AL (WAFF) - Some 4-year-old Sommerville Road students are learning at an accelerated rate, but not all children are lucky enough to be here. There are only so many slots available in the Decatur City Schools, and they are chosen by lottery.

EXCERPT FROM: WBNG News
By WBNG News
It could cost you more money to send your child to day care, than to send a child to college.

EXCERPT FROM: PRNewswire
By PRNewswire
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Area law enforcement officials will hold a news conference Tuesday to release a new report showing that investing more in voluntary high-quality pre-kindergarten programs not only reduces crime over the long run but also saves millions of dollars in the state's education budget in the short term. The report will document that investments in pre-k programs can reduce the need for special education placements and other K-12 education expenses when pre-k children advance to later grades.

EXCERPT FROM: The Commercial Appeal
By Kevin McKenzie
Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Bill Gibbons didn't suggest Thursday that he needed more prosecutors to fight crime; rather, he highlighted quality prekindergarten programs as a way to excite children about learning and avoid future lives of crime.

EXCERPT FROM: NY Daily News
By Michael McLaughlin and Ben Chapman
When school starts next week, a record number of kids will find they've been squeezed out of some of Brooklyn's most crowded and popular pre-K programs.