NYTIMES (Claire Suddath) - Inside the $440 Million Collapse of Guidepost Montessori
A man with a vision set out to revolutionize preschool. It became a $440 million fiasco.
NYTIMES (Emmett Lindner) - Neighbors Rally After a Manhattan Preschool’s Corn Stalks Are Vandalized
The students at Mis Amiguitos preschool may never know why someone ripped their corn stalks from an Upper East Side sidewalk. But they turned it into an opportunity.
NYTIMES (Coral Davenport) - Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
THEFEDERALIST (Andrea Picciotti-Bayer) - Colorado Denies Funding To Preschoolers On Account Of Their Catholic Faith, Lawsuit Alleges
When a school’s practices flow directly from its religious beliefs, penalizing what it does is the same as penalizing what it believes.
BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - Newsom: 'We Finna Teach Da Homies To Talk Black English Yo'
SACRAMENTO, CA — Following reports that activists were pushing the introduction of Black English in California preschools, Governor Gavin Newsom proudly proclaimed: "We finna teach da' homies Black English, yo!"
AMERICANGREATNESS (AG News Staff) - Activists Push California to Recognize ‘Black English’ in Preschool Classrooms
Progressive California education activists are urging the state to recognize “black English” in preschool classrooms, claiming the approach would strengthen literacy development and affirm the […] Source
ABCNEWS - Toddler found dead in SUV outside Florida preschool
Police are investigating after a 23-month-old boy was found dead inside an SUV outside a Plantation preschool.
NYTIMES (Eliza Shapiro) - Bezos Family Gives $100 Million for Preschool Education in New York
Free child care is one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top goals. Now the Bezos Foundation is giving Robin Hood, a favorite philanthropy of wealthy New Yorkers, big money for early childhood education.
JUSTTHENEWS (Just the News Contributor) - SCOTUS will hear religious freedom case on Catholic preschools, state-funded universal pre-K program
The case, St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, concerns Colorado’s Early Childhood Education Program, established by 2020 state ballot measure.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Supreme Court to hear Catholic parishes’ challenge to Colorado’s preschool funding rule
The Supreme Court took up a new religious rights case on Monday, agreeing to hear two Catholic parishes’ challenge to Colorado’s mandate that they enroll children of same-sex couples in their preschools to receive public funds. The case provides a pathway for the high court to narrow a significant 1990 religious precedent next term. Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5839319-supreme-court-religious-rights-colorado-preschools/ #supremecourt #catholic #firstamendment #scotus