Transcript: HEAD START CHILDREN NOT ADEQUATELY PREPARED FOR SCHOOL, HHS REPORT CONCLUDES

INDSTRY GROUP 80
Regulatory Intelligence Data
06-09-2003
Head Start children are not adequately prepared for school, and those
who have been in the program still enter kindergarten lagging far behind
the typical American child in skills needed for school readiness, according
to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The gap between Head Start children and the general population of pre-
school age children does narrow during the Head Start year on key components
of school readiness. In addition, Head Start children do benefit from increased
social skills as well as the comprehensive health and other benefits delivered
through the program. But Head Start ...

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