Head Start agencies may gain access to federal E-Rate.

Report on Preschool Programs;  March 22, 2006 ;     263 words ...Head Start grantees are asking...extend its discount Internet access service to agencies...The National Head Start Association is...telecommunications and Internet access that are now available...libraries. NHSA says Head Start programs already...90 percent ...

CONGRESS CAN HELP ASSURE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR HEAD START.(Editorial)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 21, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Head Start has grown from a light in the eyes of...Seattle will especially be hearing about Head Start this week as more than 6,000 teachers...administrators and parents arrive for the National Head Start Association's annual meeting. In the...

Value of Head Start questioned as reauthorization debate looms.(Nation)

The Washington Times;  July 27, 1998 ;     633 words ...Head Start, the federal government's largest preschool...research is inconclusive as to whether Head Start achieves its objectives of preparing...GAO says, studies need to show whether Head Start gives children educational, social, nutritional...

Head Start Hits 40

The Billings Gazette;  April 3, 2006 ;     683 words ...Head Start has been up and running in Billings for...she said. That's the whole point for Head Start, one of several social programs developed...six program spearheaded by Billings' Head Start, Inc. Executive Director Judy Bryngelson...

HEAD START

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  March 16, 2003 ;     506 words ...Head Start is a proven success. There is no reason...includes a plan to end direct funding for Head Start and send the money to the states in the...ate's universal pre- kindergarten program. Head Start, which serves 3- and 4-year-olds, and...

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

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jean Hopfensperger; Staff Writer Head Start, created nearly 40 years ago during the...things, allow some states to combine Head Start funds with state preschool dollars in...14,000 Minnesota children enrolled in Head Start. The department wants Minnesota to become...

WISE INVESTMENT; CONGRESS SHOULD PUSH FOR FULL FUNDING OF HEAD...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  March 18, 2008 ;     449 words ...Head Start has given millions of disadvantaged preschoolers...000 low-income children are enrolled at Head Start centers today. Tens of thousands more...can benefit. But federal funding for Head Start has not kept up with inflation since...

POSSIBLE HEAD START CHANGES RAISE CONCERNS

Post-Tribune (IN);  May 1, 1995 ;     447 words ...CHART CHART - 30 years of Project Head Start (JUDY TREIBLE/Knight-Ridder Tribune...Indiana this year, the folks who run area Head Start classrooms think dumping the popular...back and forth over who should dispense Head Start funding. If the GOP-led Congress dismantles...

Bill may give states more control over Head Start program.(Knight Ridder...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: David Goldstein WASHINGTON _ Head Start, the nation's premier preschool program...s social fabric onto the states, and Head Start is next in line. A Republican bill in...states decide which local programs get Head Start money. Currently, the federal government...

BUSH PLAN COULD DISMANTLE HEAD START GIVING STATES AUTHORITY OVER PROGRAM...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  June 24, 2003 ;     648 words ...Byline: Al Sheahen Local View HEAD Start is in danger. Of all the welfare programs in the United States, Head Start is perhaps the most successful and...budget, has proposed radical changes. Head Start is a program for low-income families...

Questions: Head start reauthorization challenged

The Crisis;  September 1, 2003 ;     543 words ...The federal Head Start program was created in 1965 to help...is currently run by local entities. Head Start advocates oppose the proposal, called...poverty. Ron Herndon, director of Albina Head Start, a comprehensive early childhood program...

Local authority important to Abilene, Kan., Head Start.(Kansas)

Nation's Cities Weekly;  May 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Bush has proposed a slight increase in Head Start spending for 2006 to fund a pilot program...layers of government that are added to Head Start, the less funding there will be that...Zutavern, who has served on his local Head Start Policy Council. Frankly, we work with...

DON'T MESS WITH SUCCESS; THERE IS NO NEED FOR ADMINISTRATION'S "REFORMS'...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  June 19, 2003 ;     440 words ...Head Start works. It's as simple as that. Children in Head Start programs achieve more when they get to school. More...Workforce approved legislation that would begin to turn Head Start over to the states. In the long term, the legislation...

IMPROVING HEAD START: A SUCCESS STORY

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  October 27, 1998 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Overview: Head Start is America's premier early childhood...nurture and provide for their children, Head Start is making a significant difference...the expansion and improvement of Head Start a top priority for his Administration...

Religious-based hiring would be OK for Head Start under House bill.

Economic Opportunity Report;  October 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Head Start grantees would be allowed to make hiring...most Democrats during consideration of a Head Start reauthorization bill that ultimately...policy also has opposition within the Head Start community, according to Sarah Greene...