Wisconsin Early Care and Education Landscape: Planning for a Coherent System

by Kids Forward | November 1, 2009

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This comprehensive report explores trends in early care and education (ECE), including access to services and the quality of programs, across several sectors: child care, 4-year-old Kindergarten, Head Start and Early Head Start, services to children with disabilities, and home visiting programs. The report also reviews ECE systems in other states and provides options for Wisconsin to consider in planning for an effective statewide early learning system (November 2009). Read more.

Also, see the Executive Summary.

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