The Albany Times-Union issued an opinion on the most expensive school system in the country -- New York. It is failing hundreds of thousands of children, the editors say. Perhaps it's time for New York to look at the results of the Chicago study of the benefits of preschool, they say. 

The Hechinger Report examines the PreK-3 Movement and what it could mean for the early education world.

Economists have gotten on board -- they understand the importance of early childhood education. But the author questions why business owners aren't more willing to support early childhood programs. Is the investment too far down the line?

Some star power behind this opinion piece in the Huffington Post. Actress Jennifer Garner joins Mark Shriver of Save the Children in seeking deep investment in high quality early childhood education programs.

Planet Money on WNPR explores the Perry Preschool study and talks with preschool teachers, children and Dr. James Heckman about the impact preschool has on a child as that child becomes an adult.

Preschool benefits do last into adulthood, finds a long-term study on the topic.

Six early childhood advocates debate who is truly ready for kindergarten in the New York Times. The issue came up recently as Connecticut looked at changing the entrance date.

After passing several bills in the Senate (now awaiting House action), legislators in Hartford are hopeful the changes made, should they pass, will help Connecticut better align itself with requirements that will be issued for the third round of Race to the Top -- Early Learning Challenge Funds.

The Connecticut Senate voted to remove language in SB 929 that would have changed the kindergarten enrollment date to Oct. 1, opting instead to form a task force to explore the idea.

In the last piece of an eight-part series in the Holland, Missouri Sentinel newspapers, columnist Ray Buursma draws upon a quote a college professor once used -- "That which a society values will flourish." Buursma looks at the education system and notes that the brain's greatest development happens between birth and age 4. The school system doesn't receive children until approximately age 5. Some parents help develop their child's brain well; others do not. The greatest failure in America's education system has not been in the classroom, said Buursma, but in the home. The system has failed to instruct and help parents develop the brains of their preschoolers.