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

–Proposal would Let Pre-K Parents Join Local Education Councils – Chalkbeat New York

Expanding prekindergarten and parent involvement have been separate education policy initiatives under the de Blasio administration, but some elected officials say that a state law should change so that pre-K parents can serve on the city's community education councils.

–The Best for the Brightest: The City Schools' Gifted-and-talented Admissions Process Needs an Overhaul – Daily News

To even the playing field for entry into the city's competitive gifted and talented programs, the city should increase access for 4-year-olds living in poor neighborhoods and include universal testing in the new prekindergarten programs.

–72 percent of families get top kindergarten pick as fewer schools have waitlists – Chalkbeat New York

Slightly more families received an offer to their top-ranked kindergarten program this year and fewer schools put students on waiting lists, officials said Tuesday as families were sent offer letters.

–More than 1,200 Kindergartners Shut Out of Their Zoned Schools – DNAinfo

The number of zoned schools with kindergarten wait lists declined by nearly 25 percent since last year to 51 schools.

–Furious Parents Lash Out at DOE After Kindergarten Rejections – New York Post

But at one highly-regarded Brooklyn Heights school, parents are frustrated that 40 percent of the more than 200 families that applied for a kindergarten spot at P.S. 8 were wait-listed.