Research has shown that the first five years play an enormous role in a child’s ongoing development and future success. Since most kids are in a child care or preschool setting while their parents are at work, it’s critical that we invest in a high-quality early education system that provides the experiences kids need for healthy development.
A recent report on the benefits of investing in high-quality early childhood education has been getting significant press across the state. A major reason for the attention is that the report is not from the usual suspects—it’s from the conservative Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (WPRI), headed by George Lightbourn, who served as...
A report released Wednesday by the Department of Public Instruction provides the best data yet on the effects to schools of the changes made in the budget repair and biennial budget bills. As the department’s press release noted, 73 percent of Wisconsin’s school districts cut teachers during the 2011-12 school year. In response to...
Wisconsin’s supply of regulated family child care providers is rapidly diminishing, according to WCCF’s analysis. The decline is clear for both licensed family child centers and for smaller family child care programs certified to receive Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy funding.Steep Drop in Licensed Family Child Care...
Considering that conservative Wisconsin voters seemed to have more reason to go to the polls yesterday than liberals, I figured that school referenda were more likely to be defeated. Thus, I was surprised to learn that nearly three-quarters of school referenda on the ballot won approval yesterday, when voters okayed more than $140...
The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families has just completed two policy briefs focused on the rollout of YoungStar quality initiative:· YoungStar in Wisconsin: Analysis of Data as of January 2012 and · Milwaukee YoungStar Survey Shows a Mixture of Optimism and Anxiety The YoungStar child care quality rating and...
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