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Pérez vows fiscal discipline from Democrats | 05.06.2013

Los Angeles Times
The governor would earmark the extra money for districts with heavy concentrations of disadvantaged students. Pérez and Steinberg think that all disadvantaged kids should benefit, regardless of whether they live in poor, middle-class or affluent communities. Moreover, Pérez says, "increased school funding alone won't be enough to give [disadvantaged] students a fair shot at success and joining the middle class." He advocates spending education money on quality preschool. more

Scott Moore: Not investing in preschool is ‘mortgaging our future' | 03.11.2013

EdSource Today
As part of an occasional Question and Answer series with leaders in California education, Moore sat down with EdSource Today’s Lillian Mongeau last month to talk about early education policy. Moore emphasized the need for a greater investment in early childhood education at the state level. more

Our View: Cuts to preschool are troublesome | 03.05.2013

Imperial Valley Press Online
The devastation to kindergarten through 12th-grade and community college education has been chronicled heavily throughout the state, but the same cannot be said, we think, for early childhood education. more

Early Learning for All: Yes We Can in California | 02.20.2013

Huffington Post
Two days after becoming the first U.S. President in history to call for preschool for every child in his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama rolled out an approach that aligns with what California's early childhood advocates have been calling for to ensure high quality early learning for our children. more

Several governors tackle early childhood education, but not Gov. Brown | 01.31.2013

EdSource
Unlike Gov. Jerry Brown, several governors have started the year highlighting early childhood education programs, according to a story in Education Week. more

Why the Democrats Are Golden in California | 01.17.2013

National Journal
Demographic shifts and coastal liberalism have given huge power to Democrats. They control the state – but there's restlessness on the left. more

Early childhood funding stays flat in governor’s budget | 01.11.2013

EdSource
Scott Moore, senior policy analyst for the advocacy group Preschool California, said not restoring the lost funding was a missed opportunity. “That’s the number one glaring omission in the budget,” Moore said. “What we know from research is that when we invest in early childhood education, that’s the best investment we can make.” more

Jerry Brown says California's budget deficit has disappeared | 01.11.2013

Sacramento Bee
Gov. Jerry Brown declared Thursday that California's budget deficit has vanished thanks to new tax hikes and past spending cuts, marking the first time since the recession that state leaders haven't faced a deep fiscal chasm in January. more

Soon no more seeing red in state education funding, says LAO | 11.15.2012

EdSource Today
Funding for California schools through Proposition 98 is heading up, even though the state’s general fund will still be facing a small deficit over the next couple of years. That’s according to the latest budget forecast released yesterday by the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO). more

Cuts to early learning funding leave children without crucial services | 11.14.2012

Peninsula Press
Last week’s passage of Proposition 30 ensured that K-12 schools will not receive additional cuts in state funding this year. Preschool and child-care programs, however, already experienced cuts by the state legislature over the summer, leaving many early learning providers to cobble together funding or serve fewer children in need. more

Ed advocates foresee new era with supermajority | 11.08.2012

EdSource Today
“It was a great election,” gushed Scott Moore, senior policy adviser at Preschool California. “The supermajority is going to allow us to do some government reforms that are going to be really important in bringing the state of California back to economic and social health. It makes it governable again. This state has been ungovernable.” more

Big win for schools as Prop 30 defies polls | 11.07.2012

EdSource Today
California schools’ rendezvous with rock bottom is over. A massive grassroots campaign, an eleventh hour surge in advertising, and strategic targeting of likely voters pulled Proposition 30 over the halfway mark yesterday, giving both Gov. Jerry Brown and California public schools and community colleges a victory. more

First 5 LA/UCLA Anderson Forecast City Human Capital Index Finds Los Angeles Ranked Near the Bottom | 10.17.2012

PR Web
The UCLA Anderson Forecast and First 5 LA partnered for an all-day conference on the economic impact of early childhood education (ECE) and published an index designed to measure human capital in cities and counties across the United States. The two studies focus on the link between ECE and future workforce preparedness. more

Child Care Advocates Achieve Victories in Several States | 08.14.2012

Opposing Views
Without the efforts of advocates, child care cuts in several states would have been far worse. In California, advocates managed to reduce the size of the cut to child care and early education programs from $500 million in the governor’s original proposal—which could have resulted in 60,000 fewer children able to participate in these programs—to $130 million in the final budget. more

Transitional Kindergarten Classes to Continue | 07.03.2012

Long Beach Gazette
While the future of transitional kindergarten classes was in limbo earlier this year, the Kindergarten Readiness Act will remain intact with the newly passed state budget, officials announced last week. School districts across the state, including Long Beach Unified School District, will continue to offer transitional kindergarten in 2,000 classrooms for fall 2012, with 6,000 total classrooms to open by 2015. more