The James R. Ryan Memorial Award is a recognition given biennially by the Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health (WI-AIMH) to an individual or group that has made a significant contribution to the social-emotional development of infants and/or young children and...
State Supt. Tony Evers issued a statement regarding news that Wisconsin is among five states invited to apply for a second round of federal Race to the Top: Early Learning Challenge funding. The statement is available through...
Each year the WHSA Parent and Staff Affiliates award scholarships to Head Start & Early Head Start parents and staff members to advance their levels of education. Additional information about the scholarship opportunities is listed below. All scholarship...
Title: Infant and Toddler Home Visiting Institute Supporting Families with Infants and Toddlers in Wisconsin Location: CESA 11, 225 Osterman Drive, Turtle Lake, WI Start Date: 2012-07-16 End Date: 2012-07-20 Click here for more information. Click here for...
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...
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...
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...
MADISON — State Superintendent Tony Evers joined Governor Scott Walker today at Franklin Elementary School in Wausau as the governor signed important education legislation into law. “I am pleased that Governor Walker signed into law the bill that incorporates...
Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (WPRI) Issues Report on the Positive Impact of Investing in Early Learning and Development; Sees YoungStar as a Promising Mechanism for Change The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (WPRI), a free-market “think tank,” has...