by Ruth Schmidt | Mar 2, 2023 | Advocacy, Workforce
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association applauds Gov. Tony Evers’ support of early childhood educators and early care and education in his Executive Budget announced in February. The investment is historic for Wisconsin, which has never placed this overwhelming an...
by Ruth Schmidt | Sep 8, 2022 | Advocacy, Workforce
Wisconsin’s child care system is broken. Residents from all corners of the state experience the challenges of this ailing infrastructure, which was fragile before the pandemic and has worsened significantly since. In light of this reality, Wisconsin Early Childhood...
by | Apr 27, 2022 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Workforce
Advocacy has always been a part of who I am, even when I was too young to even know what the word “advocacy” meant. Earlier this year, I got to take my passion for early childhood advocacy to a big stage – the offices of Wisconsin’s elected officials – during the...
by Ruth Schmidt | Feb 16, 2022 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Policy, Press Release, Workforce
by Ruth Schmidt High-quality, affordable and accessible child care is critical. Wisconsin parents know it, business and community leaders know it and child care professionals know it. With the state legislature’s Joint Finance Committee recent unanimous approval of...
by Ruth Schmidt | Dec 1, 2021 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Policy, Workforce
WECA announces the release of its recommendations brief, “The State of Wisconsin’s Early Care and Education Workforce,” in response to key findings of the Series of Studies of the Wisconsin Early Education Workforce, published today by the Department of Children and...
by Ruth Schmidt | Nov 23, 2021 | Advocacy, Workforce
We are on the precipice of a timely opportunity in Wisconsin and the United States – an opportunity to completely transform the early care and education landscape through the Build Back Better bill making its way through the U.S. House and Senate. We’re incredibly...
