Voices Supports the Strong Start for Children Early Learning Campaign
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on May 9, 2013 at 2:12 PMVoices for America’s Children supports the Strong Start for Children: Building America’s Future Campaign because all children deserve a strong start to ensure success in life. Look for more information on the coalition’s upcoming Day of Action when organizations nationwide…
New Proposal Requests Unprecedented Investment in Early Education
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Apr 22, 2013 at 12:09 PMA solid education is considered a significant step to achieving the American dream. Every parent wants their child to have access to an education that will allow them to be whoever they want to be: a teacher, a doctor, a…
Reconnecting McDowell Partnership Improves Opportunities in West Virginia
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Mar 4, 2013 at 4:18 PMThe American Federation of Teachers is making progress, one year into an unprecedented public-private partnership called “Reconnecting McDowell,” created to improve and expand the struggling educational, economic, healthcare, and social services opportunities in McDowell County, an economically depressed West Virginia…
Report Sheds Light on Inequities of School Financing
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Feb 25, 2013 at 4:03 PMVoices applauds the thought leadership of the diverse national leaders who were engaged in the development of The Equity and Excellence Commission’s report: “For Each And Every Child: A Strategy for Education Equity and Excellence.
Texas Students Visit Voices
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Feb 7, 2013 at 5:47 PM
Students from the International School of the Americas, a magnet school of the Northeast Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas, visited Voices this week.
Falling Short on Dental Care for Children
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Jan 8, 2013 at 5:20 PMIn the past 50 years, dental care has improved significantly transforming oral health in America. Rarely do we see individuals with rows of missing teeth that once were commonplace. However, millions of children are still afflicted with oral health problems,…
Help get Nickelodeon to stop marketing junk food to kids
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Dec 6, 2012 at 5:12 PMShould we market junk food to children? Pundits have debated this question for decades, but the question is more urgent now because of the obesity epidemic. More than one-third of American adults are obese.
Child advocates agree that marketing…
Preschool: A smart investment in better school performance
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Nov 14, 2012 at 3:31 PMA new report piles new data on the already substantial finding that preschool leads to better school performance. Its author implores policymakers to start making more investments in better schooling through preschool opportunities, especially for needy families.
Right-sizing school lunch
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Oct 30, 2012 at 12:21 PMNew federal nutrition standards are creating healthier school lunches around the country by requiring schools to feed students with a greater variety of food and more fruits and vegetables. It’s the first time we’ve raised standards on school meals in…
Solving the “word deficit”
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Oct 9, 2012 at 12:22 PMWhat’s holding back low-income students in our education system? Steven F. Wilson, founder of a network of charter schools for low-income communities in Brooklyn, says the problem lies with a “word deficit.” Simply put, many children aren’t hearing enough…
