This framing accents the importance of building a tidier system, one that incorporates the array of existing child care centers, then pushes to make their classrooms more uniform, with a socialization agenda “aligned” with the...

Republican leaders snuck this into a complicated budget bill in the dead of night with no public debate.

If an outbreak happened in Nova Scotia, we would be able to respond to it basically immediately.

Proposition 98 is symptomatic of a whole maze of school finance laws that is immensely complicated,

It’s not the geese, either.

Compared to many homes, preschool centers are richer settings in terms of enriched language, reading and math, … The Influence of Preschool Centers on Children’s Development Nationwide: How Much Is Too Much?

The way to stop something like this is by setting the precedent of prosecution.

Governors and state superintendents of public instruction like to say we can provide universal access and improved quality simultaneously, … Given the uneven fiscal situations, I haven’t found a state that can do that.

The fading out isn’t good news for the pro-universal preschool side.

It was powerful enough to knock me down a row and lift me off my feet.

I think the movement has received a new shot in the arm from Gov. Schwarzenegger.

It’s good to see public education taking more risks … but it is a very delicate balance. Meanwhile, it’s the students and their families that are hurt.

The federal bill is a combination of cuts and what we believe are unfunded mandates, and it’s the unfunded mandates that may generate the biggest cuts to the states.

A lot of us have applauded the secretary of education and the White House science adviser for pushing higher-quality experimental designs in education, so now we can test school reforms in the same way we...