The Ounce in the News
Read news articles about the work of the Ounce of Prevention Fund, Educare, and the First Five Years Fund (a project of the Ounce).
01-03-2012 Challenges Lie Ahead for Early-Learning Grant Winners - Education Week01-01-2012 Peer groups - University of Chicago Magazine
12-22-2011 Kirk tours early education center that wants new reforms - WBBM Newsradio
12-20-2011 Lawmakers shrug off those who can't lobby - State Journal-Register
12-20-2011 Letter: Early learning - Chicago Tribune
12-18-2011 Behind in state payments, agency to shut down teen parent program - State Journal-Register
12-16-2011 Editorial: Never too early - Chicago Tribune
12-09-2011 Pilot project aimed at easing mental burden for teen parents - State-Journal Register
12-04-2011 In depth with David Brooks - C-Span
12-01-2011 The two year window - The New Republic
12-01-2011 Extraordinary women, admirable deeds - Today's Chicago Woman
11-18-2011 The 2-year window - Mother Jones
11-17-2011 5 early learning winners in i3 competition - Early Ed Watch
11-10-2011 Ounce of Prevention Fund garners $3 million for birth-to-5 program quality - Catalyst Chicago
11-10-2011 Grantees picked in round two of Investing in Innovation contest - Politics K-12 / Education Week
11-10-2011 Twenty-three Investing in Innovation applicants named as 2011 grantees pending private match - Dept. of Education Press Release
10-25-2011 Educare Arizona opens in the DT - Discovery Triangle
10-24-2011 Letter: Down payments on the future - Chicago Tribune
10-11-2011 Task force proposes more screening for school readiness - Catalyst Chicago
10-06-2011 Change the First Five Years and You Change Everything - Daily DoGooder
10-05-2011 Many preschools score low on state rating scale - Catalyst Chicago
09-30-2011 Chicago reforms early childhood education - Examiner.com
09-29-2011 Under Emanuel plan, Chicago preschools will be rated - Chicago Tribune
09-29-2011 Emanuel unveils early education reforms - WGN-TV
09-28-2011 City to launch 5-star rating system for early childhood programs - Chicago Sun Times
09-28-2011 Rahm adds ratings system for early ed - NBC Chicago
09-28-2011 City unveils plans for preschool rating system - CBS Chicago
09-28-2011 Mayor Emanuel pushing for more education reform - CLTV
09-28-2011 Mayor Emanuel announces reforms to Chicago's approach to early childhood education across the city - Hispanically Speaking News
09-28-2011 Expert: A better education starts early - TODAY
09-28-2011 CPS to start pre-school rating system - WGN Radio
09-28-2011 Chicago is Starting its Own Early Childhood Rating System - ECED Resources
09-26-2011 Letter: Strategies for Raising SAT Scores - NY Times
09-26-2011 Brain power: Why early learning matters - NBC News Education Nation
09-22-2011 Illinois gets $19 million for home visiting programs - Catalyst Chicago
09-21-2011 George Kaiser's $10 billion bet - Forbes
09-20-2011 Sponsored discussion: W.K. Kellogg Foundation - Make our kids great by 8! - Washington Post
09-19-2011 Illinois could get $70 million from Early Learning Challenge grant - Catalyst Chicago
08-31-2011 Early childhood facility money up for grabs; up to $9 million for CPS - Catalyst Chicago
08-30-2011 State officials award $46M for child development - Associated Press
08-30-2011 Schools, agencies get state funding for at-risk family programs - Champaign News-Gazette
08-25-2011 Parents, teachers tout classroom councils to boost engagement - Catalyst Chicago
08-01-2011 A visit to Chicago's Educare - Education Week
07-22-2011 Help for 36 states (probably) vying for RTT-ELC grants - Early Ed Watch
07-19-2011 How to create long-term change with Race to the Top early learning grants - Birth to Thrive Online
07-15-2011 How will states support Latino preschoolers through Race to the Top? - Latino Ed Beat
07-13-2011 States face challenges in early-ed Race to Top scramble - EdWeek-07132011
06-30-2011 Robert R. McCormick Foundation invests nearly $5 million in early education - PR Newswire
06-27-2011 Pottstown program aims for peak performance in kindergarten - Philadelphia Inquirer
06-20-2011 Smoothing the way into kindergarten - Catalyst Chicago
06-20-2011 A bridge to build - Catalyst Chicago
06-20-2011 The Kindergarten challenge - Catalyst Chicago
06-20-2011 Early childhood education helps kids build self-esteem - South Florida Times
06-20-2011 Illinois Early Childhood Fellows Announces 2011-13 Fellows - PR Newswire
06-16-2011 Budget deal reached to keep construction going - Illinois Issues
06-09-2011 Report: Preschool pays off into adulthood - Chicago Tribune
06-05-2011 Program for special-needs pupils is jeopardized - New York Times
06-02-2011 Economic data to stave budget cuts - Early Years Institute Blog
06-02-2011 Budget would cut $171 million from public schools - Chicago Tribune
05-28-2011 Early childhood education matters - Bloomberg EDU Podcast
05-24-2011 In the News - Catalyst Chicago
05-23-2011 Budget woes threaten preschool programs: 'It makes you angry' - Belleville News-Democrat
05-23-2011 On the chopping block: Investing in Illinois preschoolers - Progress Illinois
05-23-2011 Three stories about kids to make you think - The Capitol Fax Blog
05-23-2011 Oprah's stealth philanthropy in Chicago - WBEZ
05-20-2011 State will lose more by cutting preschool spending, study contends - Crain's Chicago Business
05-19-2011 Cost-savings analysis shows preschool saves Illinois more than half a billion dollars annually - PR Newswire
05-19-2011 A closer look at Oklahoma's pilot early childhood programs - Promising Kids blog
05-16-2011 Powerful new early learning video hits Times Square Jumbotron - Birth to Thrive Online
05-11-2011 House education budget would delay some cuts - Illinois Issues
05-06-2011 Illinois preschoolers make academic, social gains, says study - Education Week
05-05-2011 Literacy: Reading between the lines - Worcester Education Collaborative
04-15-2011 Rx: Read to Your Baby - New York Times
04-13-2011 Arne Duncan draws a crowd on behalf of Ounce of Prevention Fund - Crain's Chicago Business
04-13-2011 Duncan: Schools CEO not 'miracle worker' - Chicago Tribune
04-13-2011 Early childhood in line for more federal cash under tentative 2011 budget - Catalyst Chicago
04-13-2011 Duncan speaks about education in Chicago - ABC Chicago
04-10-2011 PBS video shows early ed challenges -- in more ways than one - Early Ed Watch
04-08-2011 More great work from John Merrow - Preschool Matters Today
04-05-2011 Closing the vocabulary gap in Chicago preschools - PBS Newshour
04-01-2011 Art in action: Exhibit joins education advocacy effort - Alton Telegraph
03-30-2011 David Brooks and the Social Animal - Chicago Tonight, WTTW
03-28-2011 Community leaders honored with 2011 De La Salle Awards - TribLocal
03-23-2011 Child care centers brace for cuts to Head Start - Chicago Defender
03-16-2011 A Hands-on Approach to Protecting Education in North Carolina - Public News Service
03-15-2011 Head Start Supporters Fear Impact of Threatened Cutbacks - Education Week
03-09-2011 Harriet Meyer to keynote Great Start Conference - Great Start for Kids
03-08-2011 Law enforcement leaders press state to boost funding for early education programs - Medill Reports
03-08-2011 Note to Congress: Support Early Education - Eye on Early Education (blog)
03-07-2011 Emanuel taps business leaders for budget, education transition teams - Crain's Chicago Business
03-07-2011 Emanuel mayoral transition team members - Chicago Sun-Times
03-07-2011 Emanuel puts familiar faces on transition committees - Chicago Tribune
03-07-2011 Emanuel names education transition committee - Catalyst Chicago
03-03-2011 Casey introducing early learning bill - Daily American
03-02-2011 The pros and cons of federal involvement in early childhood programs - Investing in Kids blog
03-01-2011 Early-Childhood Aid in Play as Budget Wrangling Continues - Early Years (Education Week)
02-17-2011 Illinois Mom Fights To Keep Her 4-Year-Old Daughter's Preschool Open - Change.org
02-16-2011 Early Childhood Education Funding Restored in Gov. Quinn's Proposed Budget - PR Newswire
02-16-2011 Dr. Carl Bell talks on children, violence at education seminar - Chicago Defender
02-14-2011 President Obama Champions Early Learning Fund Again: Plus Proposed Increases for Head Start and Child Care - Birth to Thrive Online
02-13-2011 Overheard (and Seen) at the TFA 20th Anniversary Summit - Teach for Us Blog
02-09-2011 Child care advocates fight back against cuts nearing $100 million - Chicago Defender
02-07-2011 With federal stimulus money running out, Early Head Start facing cuts - Catalyst Chicago
01-31-2011 Income distribution effects of high-quality full-time child-care and preschool, birth to age 5 - Investing in Kids
01-26-2011 Topinka unveils her list of "painless" cuts - Capitol Fax Blog
01-25-2011 Working Together to Build a Birth-to-College Approach to Public Education - Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Newsletter
01-18-2011 Letter: Early Learning - Chicago Tribune
01-17-2011 Early childhood programs and income distribution: some points of agreement - Investing in Kids
01-13-2011 Pre-K Advocates Feel Fiscal Jitters, but Stay Hopeful - Education Week
