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Discouraging bit of movement on the Head Start front, per Interest Alert:

The 72 local Head Start programs serving 38,000 at-risk children could be targeted for "liquidation" under a controversial bill introduced in the US House of Representatives...an initial group of at least eight states, including Ohio, could see their access to the 38-year-old Head Start program wiped out in favor of untested state-level programs with lower standards and fewer of the currently provided comprehensive Head Start services that at-risk children need in order to succeed in school.

Haxton, Heil and Harper noted that, while there are positive reforms outlined in Title I of the controversial House bill, any good that the provisions might do would be more than offset by the widely criticized Title II provisions permitting states to raid federal Head Start funds for their own programs.

Here's an article from last week on scare tactics used by the feds against Head Start employees over this issue.

Go to Save Head Start or the National Head Start Association for more info.