by WHSA | Feb 17, 2011
WHAT: 38th Annual Head Start Conference SPONSOR: National Head Start Association (NHSA) WHEN: April 4-8, 2011 WHERE: Kansas City Convention Center – Kansas City, MO DESCRIPTION: NHSA’s annual Head Start Conference and related meetings offer targeted...
by WHSA | Feb 15, 2011
The U.S. House of Representatives proposed legislation (H.R. 1) that would cut funding to Head Start by 22.4% . In Wisconsin, at least 785 jobs and more than 2,822 children and their families could be cut from Head Start and Early Head Start!! Ask your members of...
by WHSA | Feb 11, 2011
by WHSA | Feb 7, 2011
The Office of Head Start (OHS) has released a new half-hour webcast on its revised Head Start Child Outcomes Framework, now called the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework. The webcast is aimed at Head Start staff, parents, and members of the...
by WHSA | Jan 31, 2011
The Wisconsin Surveillance of Autism and other Developmental Disabilities System is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to disseminate information and resources about healthy child development through the CDC’s “Learn the...
by WHSA | Jan 31, 2011
As states and the nation confront difficult budget decisions, many children’s programs are facing drastic funding cuts. Paying Later: The High Cost of Failing to Invest in Young Children, a new issue brief from the Partnership for America’s Economic...
by WHSA | Jan 31, 2011
In the new 20 minute “Parents, Books, and the Roots of Literacy” podcast from the New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Early Ed Watch, Gabrielle Miller, a former teacher and national expert on early literacy interventions, discusses...
by WHSA | Jan 31, 2011
The Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (which is funded by the Office of Head Start) has recently published two new resources for parents, early childhood mental health consultants, and other early childhood professionals. Now available at...
by WHSA | Jan 31, 2011
Wisconsin Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) has received a prized permanent seat on the House Budget Committee which is now chaired by fellow Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Janesville). House Democrats lost many revered committee assignments following...
