Expulsion Reduction Project News Today

In Wisconsin and nationwide, early childhood poverty is a problem, child care is hard to afford and the industry is struggling and preschoolers are being expelled.

Wisconsin preschoolers are five times likelier to be expelled than students in K-12 schools. Here's how providers are responding.

Child care centers often replace children whose behavioral struggles are linked to shifts in routine or disabilities.

When students become dysregulated by shifts in routine, or if they have disabilities, it can be easier for child care centers to just replace them.