Wisconsin Head Start and You
Wisconsin Head Start and Early Head Start programs have touched the lives of countless children and their families over the years. These programs work for us all; for children, for families, for communities. And those who have participated know this and have welcomed...Study: States’ Methods for Rating Preschool Quality Fail to Predict Children’s Readiness for Kindergarten
AUGUST 22, 2013 AUDREY BREEN According to findings published today in the journal Science, publicly funded pre-kindergarten classrooms that received the highest marks in quality rating systems used by the majority of states are no better at fostering children’s...Head Start Cuts Services For More Than 57,000 Children Due To Sequestration – HuffPost
WASHINGTON — Head Start, the federal pre-K education service for low-income families, has eliminated services for more than 57,000 children in the coming school year as a result of the federal budget reductions known as sequestration. …. read complete...Child Care Unaffordable For Low-Income Families (INFOGRAPHIC)
Child care costs have risen in recent years while the federal minimum wage has not. In most states, a single parent working a minimum wage job 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year,
Sequestration Pushes Head Start Families To The Precipice – Huffington Post
Powerful article published by the Huffington Post. b y POSTED: 0 7 / 0 9 / 2 0 1 3 6 :0 1 A M EDT | UPDA TED: 0 7 / 0 9 / 2 0 1 3 8:2 0 A M EDT | JULY 9 , 2 0 1 3 Link to original article WASHINGTON — Rhonda Reynolds was paying bills in downtown Pratt, Kan., on...Registration is now open – WHSA Fall Quarterly – Register by Oct 18th
October 30-31, 2013
WHSA invites Director, Parent, and Staff Affiliate representatives as well as Education, Disabilities, and Mental Health Managers to join us at the WHSA Fall Quarterly meeting.
2013 ‘Poverty Matters!’ Conference – CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
WISCAP must receive the completed form by July 19, 2013. Requests for Poverty Matters! Conference Workshop Proposals The 2013 WISCAP ‘Poverty Matters!’ conference will be held September 25 – 26, 2013, at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton, Wisconsin. ...Education Department Releases Guidance to Help Schools Better Support Pregnant and Parenting Students’ Academic Success
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced today that the Department of Education has issued a Dear Colleague letter and accompanying pamphlet on supporting the academic success of pregnant and parenting students under Title IX. This pamphlet updates and...Find A Program Near You
