Spanking Head Start.(Comment)

The Nation;  October 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ......bureaucracy are holding Head Start--and the children it...seems to think so. Head Start's graduates beginning...Too many children in Head Start are being left behind...sleight of hand. While Head Start grads are not scoring...didn't participate in Head ...

Judge OKs survey of Head Start pay; Top salaries are under...

The Washington Times;  January 25, 2004 ;     501 words ......rejected a bid by a Head Start trade group to block a federal survey of Head Start leaders' salaries and...denied the National Head Start Association's (NHSA...that wrote the House Head Start bill. The House leaders...stories that found some Head ...

Head Start bill will boost competition for grants.(NATION)

The Washington Times;  May 8, 2005 ;     394 words ......president and chief executive of the National Head Start Association, called the bill an encouraging...alarmed by the low academic achievements of Head Start graduates. They also have been unhappy with Head Start's lack of cooperation with other state preschool...with fiscal ...

HEAD START BILL BECOMES LAW WITH BISHOP AMENDMENT FOR LOCAL BUSES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 12, 2007 ;     454 words ......law the "Improving Head Start Act of 2007," which...amendment to enable Head Start programs on Long Island...continues to build on Head Start's successes by ensuring...children who attend Head Start make significant gains...attend the program." The Head ...

SEN. CLINTON ISSUES STATEMENT ON ENROLLMENT OF HEAD START REAUTHORIZATION...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 5, 2007 ;     397 words ......statement on the sending of the Head Start Bill to the President's desk for...recently passed the "Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007" to reauthorize the Head Start Act. "I am so pleased that...verge of reauthorizing the Head Start program. The ...

House panel OKs Head Start measure; 'Charitable choice' battle...

The Washington Times;  May 19, 2005 ;     462 words ......yesterday unanimously passed a Head Start bill that requires the $6.7 billion...s bipartisan support for the Head Start bill stood in stark contrast to the 2003 House Head Start bill, which would have allowed some...

Head Start bill signed

Washington Afro-American;  May 28, 1994 ;     394 words ......Clinton signed into law the Head Start Bill that will increase funding...participants. Titled the "Head Start Act Amendments of 1994...child," she said. Head Start, founded in 1965 as a...measure reauthorizes the Head Start program through 1998...

Pending Head Start bill could signal doom for the program

Post-Tribune (IN);  July 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ......PRINTED VERSION Later this year, the Head Start Act (HR 2210, now being called the "School...Readiness Act of 2003") will be reauthorized. Head Start is a program that provides comprehensive...nutrition programs, strong supports for Head Start families, and opportunities for ...

House passes Head Start changes

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 25, 2003 ;     620 words ......retooling of the Head Start preschool program...states to manage Head Start so they could...unprecedented assault on Head Start. They predicted...children. "This Head Start bill is outrageous...to produce its Head Start bill by month's ...

HOUSE PASSES HEAD START BILL FOCUSED ON QUALITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  September 14, 1998 ;     394 words ......202) 225-4527 HOUSE PASSES HEAD START BILL FOCUSED ON QUALITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY...Representatives today passed a Head Start reauthorization bill that...rules on a vote of 346 to 20. Head Start is an education program that...children a strong, lasting head start ...

GOODLING: HEAD START BILL TOP PRIORITY REAUTHORIZATION SEEKS TO IMPROVE...

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  September 9, 1998 ;     379 words ......McCarthy 202/225- 4527 GOODLING: HEAD START BILL TOP PRIORITY Reauthorization...House will soon consider a Head Start reauthorization bill that...that the House may take up Head Start as early as next week, said...Passing a bill that improves Head Start is a top ...

House Head Start Bill Vote Statement From Sarah Greene President/CEO...

PR Newswire;  July 25, 2003 ;     631 words ......Greene, president and CEO of the National Head Start Association, released the following statement...risk children ready to learn through Head Start. We already know that the eight-state...million low-income children who depend on Head Start in order to get a chance to compete in...

Battle ahead over Head Start overhaul; "It's not broken," critics of the...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ......money to design a program that coordinates Head Start with other preschool programs. That's an...Yecke is interested in closer linking of Head Start standards with the new K-12 standards, he...one of the few states that subsidizes the Head Start program. We have one of the nation's ...

House Republicans delay vote on disputed Head Start reforms.(NATION)

The Washington Times;  July 18, 2003 ;     575 words ......on a Republican-backed Head Start bill will be held next week...Republican bill, he added. Head Start reform has become a battleground...Republicans say that despite Head Start's substantial funding...reported being rebuffed by Head Start grantees, which ...

House group pushes Head Start reforms.(NATION)

The Washington Times;  June 14, 2003 ;     484 words ......TIMES A House Republican Head Start bill survived its first rewrite...aides said yesterday. The Head Start bill strikes a fair balance...control over the Head Start programs in their states...law, Republicans say, Head Start programs can isolate...