by WHSA | Jul 23, 2012
Source: Urban Institute – July 20, 2012 The Urban Institute recently published Kids’ Share 2012: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children through 2011, its sixth annual report examining trends over the past 50 years in federal spending and tax...
by WHSA | Jul 10, 2012
From the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, Dr. Hilary Shager’s presentation Positive Impacts and Return on Investment: What We Can Learn from Head Start Research looks at being a good consumer of Head Start research, early cohort research, The...
by WHSA | Jun 5, 2012
Source: CLASP – May 29, 2012 By Emily Firgens Unemployment takes a toll on an entire family. Both parents and children are impacted by the lack of income, stress, and uncertainty that comes with it. Research time and again shows that young children who grow up...
by WHSA | Jun 4, 2012
Source: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation – Retrieved May 30, 2012 The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) recently published a brief entitled Identifying Profiles of Quality in Home-Based Child Care (2012). The brief highlights the need...
by WHSA | Jun 4, 2012
Source: Office of Head Start – May 16, 2012 The Office of Head Start has announced that it will be piloting a Birth-to-Five Funding Opportunity in five service areas where Head Start and Early Head Start funds are slated to be awarded through a competitive...
by WHSA | Apr 9, 2012
Source: RAND Corporation – Retrieved April 4, 2012 The RAND Corporation recently published a new occasional paper, Moving to Outcomes: Approaches to Incorporating Child Assessments into State Early Childhood Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (2012), by...
by WHSA | Apr 9, 2012
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, and the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education recently released Safe Sleep Practices and SIDS/Suffocation Risk Reduction (2012). The document...
by WHSA | Apr 4, 2012
Source: Brookings Institute A new report from Brookings analyzes reasons why poor children are less ready for school. Forty-eight percent of poor children are identified as “ready” to enter school at age five based on a summary measure that looks at early math...
by WHSA | Mar 22, 2012
by Lisa Guernsey for Early Ed Watch Blog Click here to view entire article. An overview of the importance of preschool attendance, this article touches on how Tulsa CAP Head Start and the programs On Time, On Target With Success, and Abriendo Puertas have improved...
