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 | 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 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 | Nov 8, 2012
Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (WCCF) has just released a new publication, YoungStar in Wisconsin: An Analysis of Data as of July 2012. This report is the third in a series of progress reports since the YoungStar quality rating and improvement system was...
by WHSA | Aug 20, 2012
Source: Child Care Aware of America – August 15, 2012 On August 15, 2012, Child Care Aware of America (formerly NACCRRA, the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies), released Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2012 Report...
by WHSA | Jul 27, 2012
Source: National Center for Education Statistics – Retrieved July 25, 2012 The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) recently released First-Time Kindergartners in 2010-11: First Findings From the Kindergarten Rounds of the Early Childhood Longitudinal...
by WHSA | Jul 27, 2012
Source: Early Childhood Outcomes Center – July 27, 2012 The Early Childhood Outcomes Center, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), recently published a summary of outcomes data for young children with...
by WHSA | Jul 26, 2012
Source: Wisconsin Council on Children and Families Wisconsin’s national ranking has slipped in 11 out of the 16 key indicators of child well-being showcased in this year’s national KIDS COUNT Data Book, published annually by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Our overall...
