Public Prekindergarten Programs
Growth in prekindergarten slowed in recession, By Kimberly Hefling (AP), January 17, 2012, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been...
View ArticleHead Start Program
Under scrutiny, some Head Start programs in limbo, By Claudio Sanchez, April 3, 2012, National Public Radio: “The Obama administration is calling for major changes in Head Start, the 46-year-old early...
View ArticleState Cuts to Programs for the Poor – Maine
Cuts will close some Head Start programs, say advocates, By Christopher Cousins, May 14, 2012, Maine Sun Journal: “Proposed cuts the Legislature will consider next week to funding for Head Start and...
View ArticleEarly Childhood Education
In Alabama, a model for Obama’s push to expand preschool, By Motoko Rich, February 14, 2013, New York Times: “President Obama’s call in his State of the Union address to ‘make high-quality preschool...
View ArticleEarly Childhood Education – Oklahoma
Tulsa’s preschool programs seen as national model, By Ginnie Graham, March 11, 2013, Tulsa World: “President Barack Obama has proposed sending more federal money to states to create or bolster...
View ArticleSequestration Cuts and Safety Net Programs
Head Start eliminated services to 57,000 children in U.S. as a result of sequester, By Michael Alison Chandler, August 18, 2013, Washington Post: “Head Start programs across the country eliminated...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown and Affected Services
A federal government shutdown would deliver immediate, long-term hits to R.I., By Phillip Marcelo and Paul Edward Parker, September 30, 2013, Providence Journal: “As Monday’s midnight deadline for the...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown and Affected Services
STATE: Shutdown: Big pain in Michigan in less than a month, By Charles Crumm, October 3, 2013, Dearborn Press and Guide: “Michigan can weather a federal government shutdown for a few days, and maybe...
View ArticleHead Start Programs
Head Start is underfunded and unequal, according to a new study, By Joe Helm, December 14, 2016, Washington Post: “Head Start, the federal program that provides education, nutrition and health...
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