All Kids Means All Kids: Sequestration Affects Communities of Color

Voices for America’s Children is concerned not only about the impact of sequester for all children and families, but especially for those most vulnerable to economic and educational challenges. Sequestration will have a devastating effect on all children nationwide, but…

Texans Care for Children Celebrates 30 Years

Yesterday, Texans Care For Children celebrated 30 years of “Putting Kids First. Voices Board of Trustees Chair Rosie Valadez McStay delivered the keynote address at a luncheon attended by local elected officials, trustees, partner organizations and donors.

Children and Families Lose Big With Sequester

The March 1 deadline for sequester will bring across-the-board spending cuts over the next 10 years to achieve the $1.2 trillion reduction to the federal budget mandated by Congress. These automatic, but equal, cuts to defense and non-defense spending will…

Preparing Our Children for the Future

Every child in America should start school ready to learn. Under President Obama’s new proposal of universal Pre-K, significant increases in access to early education will be gained by four-year children of low- and moderate-income families

A Plan for Early Education for All Children

Voices applauds the Obama administration’s plan to provide a continuum of high quality early childhood education for all of America’s children, starting at birth and continuing to age 5.

Statement of President Obama’s State of the Union Address

Today, Voices for America’s Children President & CEO Jacquelyn Lendsey released the following statement on President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Lendsey stated:

“Voices applauds the President for his vision of prosperity for America’s families and the…

Preschool: A smart investment in better school performance

A 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.

Solving the “word deficit”

What’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…

How schools actually make cuts

Texas reduced state spending on education by more than $5 billion for 2010. At the time, everyone discussed the sheer size of the cuts, knowing that the quality of instruction in Texas public schools would suffer. But how school districts…

A report card on America’s children

Just as kids nationwide are starting to return from school with report cards, our new report looks at the report card for America’s overall education system. The results, based on federal test scores, are not good: only one in three…