Article: OFFICIAL SAYS SCHOOLS MUST TEACH PARENTING

Article: HEAD START IS VITAL TO CHILDREN AND SCHOOLS IN OHIO
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 14, 2007 ;     305 words ......Research has shown that children who attend Head Start programs are less likely...a commitment to our children, helping Head Start to improve its effectiveness and reach more children." The Improving Head Start for School Readiness...

Article: New Head Start Impact Study Shows 'Very Promising' Early Results, Points to Success of Program Boosting School Readiness of America's Most At-Risk Children.
PR Newswire;  June 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ......in the absence of these children receiving Head Start services. This is a major...proportion of parents with children in Head Start reported that their child...much higher proportion of Head Start children received dental care than...

Article: Head Start; Priming children's promise Since its inception, Head Start has served millions of low-income preschoolers. The program has had its bumps, but President Clinton is pursuing an expansion of the program that Paul Wellstone says defines "the goodness of America.".(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  February 24, 1997 ;     700+ words ......half of the eligible children. More fundamentally, Head Start defines nothing less...fewer than half of Head Start's children were fully immunized...Opportunity Council Project Head Start which serves 217 children in the Moorhead area...

Article: HHS: Head Start Expansion Initiative Will Help Children Learn, Parents Earn
U.S. Newswire;  March 25, 1997 ;     636 words ......initiative that will expand Head Start services for children while also helping...provide for increased Head Start slots for children. By the end of FY 1997...funds have enabled Head Start to serve 180,000 more children and their families...

Article: Head Start Children Not Adequately Prepared for School, HHS Report Concludes
U.S. Newswire;  June 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ......June 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Head Start children are not adequately prepared...Services. The gap between Head Start children and the general population...school readiness. In addition, Head Start children do benefit from increased...

Article: HEAD START CHILDREN NOT ADEQUATELY PREPARED FOR SCHOOL, HHS REPORT CONCLUDES
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  June 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Intelligence Data 06-09-2003 Head Start children are not adequately prepared...Services. The gap between Head Start children and the general population...school readiness. In addition, Head Start children do benefit from increased...

Article: Impact study shows some gains, challenges for head start children.
Report on Preschool Programs;  June 15, 2005 ;     429 words ......non-participating children. For example, Head Start children after one year nearly cut...executive officer. Parents with Head Start children also read to their children...3-year-olds, the study showed that Head Start children were in better health ...

Article: LAUGHING AND LEARNING HEAD START PROGRAM AN OASIS FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES WITH CHALLENGES
Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current);  June 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ......she said. "I'm a Head Start parent with my own children in the local program...2006-2007, Tri- CAP Head Start served 205 families (some children drop out of the program...This past year, local Head Start children read (with their parents...

Article: Head Start Children Show Some Gains
AP Online;  June 9, 2005 ;     491 words ......Dateline: WASHINGTON Head Start helps poor, disadvantaged children narrow a gap in...achievement gap with children from households with higher incomes. One Head Start advocate said that...that parents of Head Start children were more likely...

Article: SENATE PASSES BILL TO GIVE MORE CHILDREN A HEAD START
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ......in 2006 over 2,400 children throughout the state benefited from these Head Start programs. "Head Start...environment for their children, Head Start helps more working...found programs like Head Start improve children's educational success...

Article: 'We're here for the children': Would shake-up help or hurt McDowell Head Start?
Charleston Gazette;  January 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ......most of the Big Sandy Head Start Center's 67 children at home. Some buses...percentage of eligible children served by Head Start and Early Head Start...it's important for children to have a quality Head Start, she said. Having a...

Article: Head Start ripe for union plucking, So much for it being all about poor children
Charleston Daily Mail;  October 31, 2003 ;     693 words ......be all about the children, of course. Since 1965, Head Start has "served" 21...grades. "In fact, Head Start is a glorified...responsibilities to their children." That was written in 1992, when Head Start consumed a mere...child. The 2002 Head Start tab for ...

Article: Rural exodus challenges Head Start program ; With families moving away in search of jobs, some sites have been forced to close. That's making it more expensive to transport other preschool children to
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  December 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ......children to the nearest Head Start. Series: Castaway Children Hidden Faces of Poverty...Harrington, for example, 34 Head Start children come from eight different...Machias and Ellsworth. Head Start provides children in low-income families...

Article: Study finds gap between Head Start, other services Issue is whether children in poverty get enough aid
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 14, 1999 ;     556 words ......participants in the Head Start program for poor children are not receiving...coalition of Head Start administrators...whether poor children are getting the...families with children who really need...whose agency runs Head Start programs in Portage...