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Here are news and opinion stories educators, advocates, policy wonks and makers are talking about today:
News and Analysis
Study after study has shown a yawning educational achievement gap between the poorest and wealthiest children in America. But what does this gap costs in terms of lost economic growth and tax revenue? (NY Times)
It’s a frigid, 9-degree day and Susan Sadlowski Garza is trudging through fresh snow in Chicago’s 10th Ward. (NPR)
President Obama’s education budget for fiscal 2016 seeks new funds to provide for students at both ends of the spectrum — early childhood and community college – as well as an increase in the money spent to educate low-income children and students with disabilities in grades K through 12. (Washington Post)
The key theme for higher education in President Obama’s 2016 budget plan, unveiled on Monday, is affordability. Through a combination of tax breaks and subsidies, the president aims to make the cost of college less of a barrier to attending. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
North Carolina
DURHAM — Children enrolled in North Carolina’s state-supported early education programs have a reduced chance of being placed in special education by third grade, Duke University researchers say. (News Observer)