by Ruth Schmidt | Mar 4, 2021 | Advocacy, Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ruth Schmidt, Executive Director 608.729.1042 | ruschmidt@wisconsinearlychildhood.org wisconsinearlychildhood.org Madison, Wisconsin | March 4, 2021: The Wisconsin Early Childhood Association commends Governor Evers and Department of...
by Ruth Schmidt | Feb 19, 2021 | Advocacy, Press Release
Unequitable rollout disenfranchises an essential workforce Madison— 2/19/2021 — The Wisconsin Early Childhood Association strongly opposes the prioritization of one group of educators over another in County vaccine rollout. Prioritizing K-12 teachers over child care...
by Paula Drew | Nov 20, 2020 | Press Release, WEESSN
According to the National Association of the Education of Young Children, an estimated 40% of child care programs around the country will close before the end of the pandemic, making it even more difficult for communities to recover economically. However, one...
by Paula Drew | Sep 10, 2020 | Press Release, WEESSN
The Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network (WEESSN), launched in Vernon and Monroe Counties, has been selected to receive the 2020 Wisconsin Top Rural Development Initiative award, one of two awards presented in 2020 by the Wisconsin Rural Partners, Inc....
by Ruth Schmidt | Jun 5, 2020 | Advocacy, Policy, Press Release
The killing of Mr. George Floyd, and the loss of far too many Black and Brown lives, have left the early childhood community and the entire nation anguished and outraged. These premature deaths are a result of the on-going and systematic racism that seeps through...
by Jennifer Hilgendorf | May 14, 2019 | Events, Press Release, Workforce
Recently, 50 early childhood teachers across the country traveled to historic Philadelphia for the 2019 Terri Lynne Lokoff Children’s TYLENOL®, Children’s ZYRTEC® National Child Care Teacher Awards. Since 1994, The Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation proudly...
