A Troubling Trend Continues: A Growing Share of Wisconsin Schoolchildren are Low-Income
by TAMARINE CORNELIUS Original article Tuesday, May 21, 2013 The number of Wisconsin children who are from low-income families has climbed for the ninth straight year, according to a new report from the state’s Department of Public Instruction. In the 2012-13 school...
APA Task force on Childhood Poverty A STRATEGIC ROAD-MAP
"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 age,...
Infant and Toddler Care and Education in Milwaukee 2012
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...
Green Bay Head Start Receives 2013 Best of Green Bay Award
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...
Head Start Can Help Children and Parents Learn to Save
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 preparing...
Sequester causing budget problems for Head Start program
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 agencies facing a five...
NHSA Sequestration FAQ
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...
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What’s Next for Head Start?
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...
2013 WHSA Spring Quarterly Meeting – Agenda
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 10:00 to 11:45...
Senator Leibham reads to CESA 7 Head Start Children
Tuesday March 5, 2013: Senator Joe Leibham took time out from Madison this week to read with the CESA 7 Head Start full day program in Manitowoc, WI. The children learned what it means to be an American as Senator Leibham read a book about the origin of the American...
WHSA Seeking An Executive Director
The Wisconsin Head Start Association, a private not-for-profit membership organization representing more than 16,000 children and upwards of 4,000 staff comprising the 63 Head Start/Early Head Start programs in Wisconsin, is seeking an Executive Director. The...
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