A recent Missouri study of its Quality Rating and Improvement System for child care showed that higher QRIS ratings were linked to gains in social/emotional and early literacy. The study showed that lower quality (1 or 2 stars) actually had negative effects on development. This is the first study of a QRIS that tracks impacts on...
Low- and middle-income families in Wisconsin pay a higher share of their income in state and local taxes than do the richest families in Wisconsin, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy (ITEP).According to the ITEP study, "Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States":•...
Somewhat overlooked in the Life Without Parole (LWOP) debate has been the impact of LWOP on youth of color - and all-too-often tendency of our systems to take a "well, that's just the way it is" approach to this and other DMC-related efforts. A good article by James Bell, of the Haywood Burns Institute, perhaps the leading organization...
As noted in a prior entry, the issue of whether youth who commit an offense while under the age of 18 should be subject to life without parole (LWOP) is a complex one, bringing to bear all we know about child and adolescent development, what works with youthful offenders, and what happens to youth sentenced to die in prison. And while...
On Monday, Nov. 9, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the two Florida cases in which youth under the age of 18 were convicted in adult court and subsequently received a sentence of life without parole (LWOP). Both cases have drawn considerable attention which has resulted in the filings of briefs by many outside parties related...
The Pennsylavania Supreme Court has thrown out over 6,500 juvenile cases that either were or may have been impacted by the "kickback" scheme in Lucerene County in which two local judges accepted money from a provider of a residential center - the more judges sentenced kids to the center, the more they got back! Adjudications in cases in...
The Fall Legislative Session ended in the early morning hours of November 6, 2009. Here is a wrap up of the action by the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly. Bills ready for the Governor to signSupreme Court Elections – Senate Bill 40, authored by Senator Pat Kreitlow (D-Eau Claire) and Representative Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh) was passed by...
This comprehensive report explores trends in early care and education (ECE), and also reviews ECE systems in other states and provides options for Wisconsin to consider in planning for an effective statewide early learning system.
The City of Madison was honored for its “cutting-edge early childhood initiatives” by the National League of Cities in October. The city’s Child Care Assistance Program was recognized as one of the nation’s four most innovative city models for promoting early childhood success. Madison is one of the few cities in the United States with...
The National Center for Juvenile Justice has recently released three briefs providing a quick overview of the status of the state's implemenation of provisions of Megan's Law related to juvenile sex offenders. The three briefs cover the current status of states related to registration, the lower age limits of registration, and an...
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