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Strong Start for Children Press Clips
June 05, 2013
Raising Smart, Healthy Kids in Every State Press Clips
- The Push for Universal Pre-K (New York Times, Sept. 30)
- Smoking Study Suggests Tobacco Tax Could Fund Texas Preschools (KUT News Austin, Sept. 26)
- Puffing away for an early childhood education habit (Tulsa World, Sept. 26)
- Oklahoma's early learning programs could benefit from proposed tax increase (The Oklahoman, Sept. 26)
- Public health groups back Obama's 94-cent cigarette tax hike (The Hill, Sept. 25)
- Obama's Universal Preschool Plan Could Save Americans Billions in Smoking-Related Health Care Costs (ThinkProgress, Sept. 25)
- Report: Obama's Pre-K Plan Would Prevent 4,700 Hawaii Children from Early Smoking (Honolulu Civil Beat, Sept. 25)
- Should smokers pay more to boost Utah preschool funding? (Salt Lake Tribune, Sept. 25)
- Groups advocate funding early childhood education increase with cigarette tax increase (Fox 13 - Salt Lake City, Sept. 25)
- Child advocates support higher tobacco tax (Topeka Capital-Journal, Sept. 25)
- Obama's prosoal would fund education, raise tobacco tax by 94 cents per pack (Standard-Examiner, Sept. 25)
- Advocates: tobacco tax increase would help kids (Knoxville WBIR, Sept. 25)
- Tobacco tax backers: 94 cents more a pack will benefit children (Knoxnews.com, Sept. 25)
- Report: Tennessee children would benefit from increased tobacco tax (Knoxville Wate.com, Sept. 25)
Raising Smart, Healthy Kids in Every State Audio and Video
- Keeping kids from smoking (Fox 43 - Central Pennsylvania, Sept. 25)
- Montana Evening Edition 9-25-13 (Montana Public Radio, Sept. 25)
- Increased Tobacco Tax Being Debated (KUTV.com, Sept. 25)
Chutes & Ladders Press Clips
- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand plays Chutes and Ladders for early education (Washington Post, Sept. 19)
- Lobbying Congress With Kids, Advocates Push Childhood Education (Time, Sept. 19)
- Lawmakers compete in giant Chutes and Ladders game (The Hill, Sept. 18)
- The day in photos, Sept. 18 (Politico, Sept. 18)
Day of Action Press Clips
- Raising the Cigarette Tax (New York Times, June 11)
- U.S. Rep. Pushing Education, Early Education Initiatives (WAMC Northeast Public Radio, June 10)
- Susan Bonilla: California must reinvest in our youngest learners (MercuryNews.com, June 8)
- Education Advocates Tout Early Start (Plainview Patch, June 8)
- Kitzhaber: Support president's plan for early learning (The Statesman Journal, June 6)
- Push for early learning program funding (Central New York YNN.com, June 6)
- Letter to the editor: All children need access to early school (The Des Moines Register, June 6)
- Power to the Preschoolers (New York Times, June 5)
- Day of Action Launches Campaign for Early Learning (Public News Service, June 5)
- For the Children: Dancing Babies & Play Dates with First Daughters (Public News Service, June 5)
- Ohio could get millions in early-education funds (The Columbus Dispatch, June 5)
- Investment in prekindergarten is investment in future (The Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 5)
- Push for early learning investment supported by local leaders (CNY Centeral News, June 3)
- Rep. Rush Holt visits Trenton preschool to promote Obama's pre-K expansion proposal (New Jersey Star-Ledger, May 29)
- Rush Holt supports cigarette tax increase to fund national preschool program (The Trentonian, May 29)
Business Leader Press Clips
- James E. Rohr/We must invest in early childhood education (Pittsburgh Post-Gazettle, July 23)
- Business leaders say early childhood initiatives will pay big dividends for kids, families (The Norman Transcript, July 18)
- Russ Meyer and Barry Downing: Invest now in early education (The Wichita Eagle, July 7)
- Seize the opportunity, expand early-child learning (Cincinnati.com, June 28)
- Letter: Children need high-quality early learning to thrive (Delaware County Daily Times, June 24)
- Edward Donley: Quality preschool education critical for U.S. to compete in world (The Morning Call, June 22)
- Long-term thinking reveals benefits of early learning (York Daily Record, June 20)
- Ky. Voices: To build Ky. economy, invest in our children (Kentucky.com, June 18)
- Invest in early childhood development (Missoulian, June 13)
- My View: Investments in quality preschool an investment in the future (Deseret New, June 11)
- Help children reach full potential with preschool (St. Louis Post-Dispath, June 7)
- Guest Opinion: Montana must invest in quality early childhood services (Billings Gazette, June 6)
- Business community shows support for preschool expansion in letter to Obama (Washington Post, May 30)
- Diverse Groups Urge Expanded Preschool in U.S. (Inter Press Service, May 30)
- Indiana needs to invest in early childhood education (IndyStar.com, May 30)
- Business Leaders Call on President Obama and Congress to Expand Preschool (ThinkProgress, May 29)
- National Business Leaders Advocate for Early Childhood Development (Education Week, May 29)
Other Press Clips
- Preschool for All gives youth edge in kindergarten (San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 28)
- Child care's cost prolongs poverty (Arizona Daily Star, August 10)
- Preschool 'critical' for success, but Arizona is 2nd worst in US (Arizona Daily Star, August 10)
- Will President Obama's preschool plan work? Yes. (The Denver Post, August 10)
- Will President Obama's preschool plan work? No. (The Denver Post, August 10)
- Family to Family Connection prepares Las Vegas kids for life (ABC KTNV, August 8)
- Deborah Stipek: Benefits of preschool are clearly documented (San Jose Mercury News, August 6)
- Watching and Waiting - Pre-K Extension Apprehensivion (Public News Service, July 26)
- Why is Early Childhood Education Important? St. Louis Leaders Weigh In (St. Louis Public Radio, July 24)
- Ready for School? (Huffington Post, July 19)
- Actress Jennifer Garner Pushes for More Early Childhood Funding (ABC News, July 9)
- Addressing the Achievement Gap: The Earliest Intervention (The Atlantic, June 27)
- Cabinet secretaries back more federal aid for pre-school (St. Louis Beacon, June 27)
- Education secretary stops in St. Louis to push for preschool (St. Louis Dispatch, June 27)
- Moms to Senators: Here's Why Head Start is Important (Education Week, June 26)
- Quality early learning helps start youth on correct path (The Scranton Times-Tribune, June 22)
- Murray touts early learning (The Columbian, June 15)
- Invest now in early learning (The Wichita Eagle, June 13)
- Preschool proposal faces doubts, opposition (HechingerEd, June 13)
- State officials welcome federal preschool expansion proposal (Gazette-Mail, June 9)
- How Maine Can Cut Spending and Improve Kids’ Futures (Public News Service-Maine, May 30)
- NY Leads the Way in Push for Pre-K and Kids' Concerns (Public News Service-New York, May 30)
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