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Speaking Out! Dramatic Cuts Threaten Early Education
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on May. 2 at 5:27 PMFunding for students in state pre-school programs dropped dramatically to the lowest level in a decade during the 2011-2012 school year. The State of Preschool 2012, the newly released yearbook by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)…
Speaking Out! Senate Immigration Reform Proposal Needs Refinement
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Apr. 25 at 9:20 PMLast week, the Senate’s bipartisan “Gang of Eight” released its immigration reform plan designed to create a path to citizenship for many of the approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. The proposal represents a significant step…
Speaking Out! Keeping the Government Running Through the End of the Year
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Mar. 12 at 9:24 PMLast week, the House of Representatives voted to pass its version of the continuing resolution, an appropriations bill that will fund the federal government at its current level through the end of the fiscal year. With the March 27 deadline…
Speaking Out! Dramatic cuts threaten early education
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Mar. 6 at 5:37 PMFunding for students in state pre-school programs dropped dramatically to the lowest level in a decade during the 2011-2012 school year. The State of Preschool 2012, the newly released yearbook by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)…
Speaking Out! What’s happening on the fiscal stalemate?
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Dec. 17 at 3:39 PMIt’s increasingly looking like President Obama and leaders in Congress will be unable to agree to a “grand bargain” before year’s end that would end the fiscal stalemate that grips Capitol Hill. Instead, we think it’s more likely that a…
Speaking Out! The “fiscal cliff”: Are kids teetering on the edge?
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Dec. 10 at 3:07 PMWhat is this “fiscal cliff,” and are American kids teetering on the edge? As Congress scrambles to enact a deal before year’s end, what do we need to do to keep children from going over?
Next year, federal spending will…
Speaking Out! Education Funding Getting Hit from All Sides
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Nov. 28 at 1:48 PMEven short periods of program cuts can mean permanent setbacks for American kids. That’s why this week we’re concerned about how a dip in education funding could leave some kids behind.
The recession didn’t just cost us jobs and wealth.…
Speaking Out! The austerity bomb
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Nov. 19 at 3:58 PMWe’ve heard a lot from Capitol Hill about the “fiscal cliff” lately. The confluence of budgets cuts and tax hikes is called a cliff for the dramatic fall-off in government spending. But Paul Krugman, the New York Times economist, says…
Speaking Out! Budget update, and a big public health win in Portland
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Sep. 17 at 1:03 PMHouse passes stop-gap measure to fund government
Congress acted last week to keep the lights on and the government running, passing a six-month spending bill by a bipartisan vote of 329 to 91. How well this measure protected important…
Speaking Out! A great time to support two key issues for children and youth
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Aug. 21 at 3:17 PMVoices and our allies at SparkAction are rallying child advocates at a key time for two of our highest priorities for kids: breastfeeding and DREAM Act-like protections for undocumented youth.
Breastfeeding
August is National Breastfeeding Month! Child advocates are…
