by WHSA | May 15, 2013
“Recently, there has been a lot of focus on the idea of toxic stress, in which a young child’s body and brain may be damaged by too much exposure to so-called stress hormones, like cortisol and norepinephrine. When this level of stress is experienced at an early...
by WHSA | May 15, 2013
Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (WCCF) has just released a new publication, Infant and Toddler Care and Education in Milwaukee 2012. The YoungStar quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) is being rolled out, bringing greater focus to the quality of...
by WHSA | May 1, 2013
Green Bay Award Program Honors the Achievement GREEN BAY April 24, 2013 Green Bay Head Start has been selected for the 2013 Best of Green Bay Award in the Kindergartens category by the Green Bay Award Program. Each year, the Green Bay Award Program identifies...
by WHSA | Apr 4, 2013
Andrea Levere, Corporation for Enterprise Development and Sterling Speirn, W.K. Kellogg Foundation – Posted April 1, 2013 Every year, Head Start reaches nearly one million children—and their parents. This federal program has long played a critical role in...
by WHSA | Mar 26, 2013
WKOW.com Madison Posted: Mar 26, 2013 6:08 PM CDT By Jennifer Kliese – bio | email VIDEO MADISON (WKOW) — It’s been more than three weeks since the sequester kicked in, causing cuts across the board to many federal programs. One of those...
by WHSA | Mar 18, 2013
Sequestration began on March 1st, 2013, causing across-the-board cuts for many areas of government spending, including “non-defense discretionary” spending which includes funding for Head Start and Early Head Start. The Administration for Children and Families...
by WHSA | Mar 14, 2013
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by WHSA | Mar 12, 2013
BY TREND LINES | FEBRUARY 25, 2013 · 9:30 AM While President Obama in his State of the Union address called for greater investment in early childhood education, he also said some 70,000 disadvantaged three- to five-year-old children and their families could be...
by WHSA | Mar 7, 2013
Summary Agenda April 17-18, 2013 Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club, Madison Wednesday, April 17, 2013 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. – Professional and Leadership Development Work Group – All are welcome to come and learn about our work group ...
