2011 Articles

• Rethinking Pre-K: 5 Ways to Fix Preschool, by Kayla Webley, 09.26.11
• College Bound from Birth - 2011 Evaluation Results of Early Education Component, 09.13.11
• NACCRRA's Background Check Recommendations, 09.16.11
• Free Children's Immunization Program (birth-18 years) sponsored by the Houston Fire Department & the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Care Van Program, 09.01-12.01.11
• H-E-B is one of our wonderful supporters and now they are giving away books as part of their Read 3 program, 09.05.11
• Collaborative for Children Interviewed on Home-based Child Care
• Fateful Decision for Kids in 1995
• Action Alert! At stake: full-day pre-kindergarten
• Mid-Session Budget Background: Texas Public Pre-K Program Two Sources of Funding
• Raise Child Care Training Standards
• This Bill Could Make a Difference
• For Kids, Self-Control Factors into Future Success
• Maintain funding for early education
• Quality Infant and Toddler classes available at no charge!
• Crib Ban will Hurt, Houston Day Cares
• School Survey Points Finger at Parents
• Pediatricians who screen new mothers for depression can help prevent a host of problems in their children, according to a new clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics
• Neighborhoods' changing faces - Historically black areas in Houston are adapting to Latino growth, by Jeannie Kever, Houston Chronical, 07.25.11
• Landmark Early Learning Ruling in North Carolina - For the first time, a court in the United States acknowledged the importance of birth to five in the education continuum, 07.18.11
• Collaborative for Children's 82nd Legislative Wrap-Up, 07.19.11
• Benefits of preschool last into adulthood, study says. 6.10.11
• Resources for Emergency Preparedness in Child Care. 6.11
• What the kids need. 05.20.11
• On-Site Day Cares Used to Lure New Hires. 05.11.11
• A Good Bill for Children, Letter to the Editor of Houston Chronicle
• What the kids need. 5.20.11
• HAPPY NEW YEAR from Collaborative for Children! 01.11