Building a Pipeline of Teachers for Head Start
The Head Start Innovation Fund has supported a variety of strategies to build the pipeline of teachers into the system, allowing different agencies to test different models. One approach, built...
Jun 15th 2018
2018 Detroit Economic Club Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to Clabe Hunt and Penny Richards on being the 2018 recipients of the Detroit Economic Club Scholarship! CLABE A. HUNT Clabe Hunt will graduate from Renaissance High School...
Jun 11th 2018
Mr. Quevie: A Head Start Superhero
One target population for the Head Start Innovation Fund’s talent recruitment efforts has been men. While men have not traditionally been encouraged to pursue careers in early childhood education, they...
Jun 4th 2018
Special Needs Being Met At Head Start
Part of the Head Start Innovation Fund’s work has been to bridge systems. While Detroit Public Schools is not a direct provider of Head Start, they are a critical partner...
May 22nd 2018
Increasing Collaboration, Recruitment, and Retention at Head Start
Cheryl McFall has been a Head Start booster for many years: first as a mother with five children in Head Start classrooms. Then inspired, she became a Head Start teacher...
May 7th 2018