Happy Friday everyone! The articles below cover our top picks for the most important early childhood education reads for this week. Enjoy!

–De Blasio honors NYC teachers working in struggling public schools for Teacher Appreciation Week – Daily News

Mayor Bill de Blasio wrote a "letter of appreciation" to the 3,500 city teachers working at the schools in the city's Renewal turnaround program.

–Path to Pre-K, Year Two – Daily News

Officials say outreach to the city's homeless families about pre-kindergarten is working, and more than half of eligible four-year-olds applied for a seat by the initial April deadline.

–Parents Furious that City Has No Fix for Forest Hills Kindergarten Crisis – DNAinfo

Parents frustrations are boiling over in Forest Hills, where dozens of families zoned for P.S. 196 and P.S. 144 have been told their kindergarteners will have to attend other schools due to overcrowding.

–New York City Pushes Pre-K Math With ‘Building Blocks’ Curriculum – The Wall Street Journal

The city is about to begin a push for pre-kindergarten classrooms to adopt a math curriculum called “Building Blocks,’’ one of the ways the city is working to ensure the new programs are high quality.

–Study: City Pre-K Program can be Model, with Tweaks – Capital New York

A study of New York City's implementation of prekindergarten after nearly one year lauded the expansion as being "off to a running start," though concludes that the city can do more to find ways to racially and socioeconomically integrate its programs.

–4 Pre-K Centers to Open in Central and Southeast Queens This Fall – DNAinfo

The city is set to open four new pre-kindergarten centers this fall that will provide 270 full-day seats for 4-year-olds in central and southeast Queens.