Article: HOUSE PASSES REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL TO ENSURE HEAD START FOCUSED ON HELPING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN

Article: HEAD START OFFERS HOPE TO LOW-INCOME KIDS.(Editorial)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 29, 2003 ;     570 words ......nearly 40 years, the Head Start program has helped...American Dream. At Head Start, children from low-inco...language skills. Head Start also provides key...Human Services, Head Start improves the vocabulary...social behavior of disadvantaged children. The ...

Article: Head Start Children Show Some Gains
AP Online;  June 9, 2005 ;     491 words ......WASHINGTON Head Start helps poor, disadvantaged children narrow a...incomes. One Head Start advocate...nation's most disadvantaged children, and they...parents of Head Start children...parents of disadvantaged children not in the...

Article: HEAD START REAUTHORIZATION SAILS THROUGH U.S. HOUSE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 14, 2007 ;     462 words ......strengthen Head Start by closing...services for disadvantaged children, as they enter...passage of the Head Start Reauthorization...funding for the Head Start program. "As...opportunity for disadvantaged children in both urban and rural areas. Head ...

Article: HEAD START MANAGEMENT:JOHN BOEHNER
Congressional Testimony;  April 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ......country between disadvantaged children and their...strengthening the Head Start early childhood program. Head Start`s mission is to prepare disadvantaged children for kindergarten...supported Head Start in this mission...programs in the Head ...

Article: DON'T MESS WITH SUCCESS; THERE IS NO NEED FOR ADMINISTRATION'S "REFORMS' OF HEAD START.(Editorial)
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...high school than other disadvantaged children. Their parents have opportunities...that would begin to turn Head Start over to the states. In...legislation could gut Head ...

Article: HEAD START:JOHN L. MICA
Congressional Testimony;  June 9, 1998 ;     700+ words ......established to give disadvantaged children a head start, a leg up , and...believe is a head start to these disadvantaged children. What are some...this process. Disadvantaged children in Head Start programs should...

Article: REP. CASTLE: REAUTHORIZATION WILL IMPROVE ALREADY SUCCESSFUL HEAD START PROGRAM
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 14, 2007 ;     485 words ......coordination between Head Start and state and local...childhood programs, and Head Start's financial accountability...it will improve Head Start by emphasizing...passage of this Head Start Conference Report...on the need for Head Start and acknowledge that ...

Article: House GOP Education Leaders Criticize Head Start Lobbyist Lawsuit
U.S. Newswire;  January 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......criticized the National Head Start Association for...abuses within the Head Start system. The survey...information about Head Start salaries, travel...made with federal Head Start funds that are intended...teachers prepare disadvantaged children for ...

Article: House Republican head start legislation draws praise for omitting block grants.
Economic Opportunity Report;  May 9, 2005 ;     580 words ...New Head Start legislation introduced...coordination between Head Start and state preschool...management problems in Head Start (EOR, March 28...competition for Head Start grants, increase...ensure federal Head Start funds are used...purpose: preparing ...

Article: Double Take: Should states have greater control over the Head Start program?; Program needs a breath of fresh air to enhance results
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  September 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ......proposal to reform Head Start, you can tell that...academic focus to Head Start's traditional health...program. Guess what? Head Start's insiders are...of the National Head Start Association, knows...absolutely destroy Head Start." And ...

Article: EDUCATION PANEL BACKS BIPARTISAN BILL TO STRENGTHEN HEAD START EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......coordination between Head Start and state and local...programs, and increase Head Start's financial accountability...reauthorization of Head Start, we strive to retain...enabling economically disadvantaged children to access the same...findings of a recent Head ...

Article: The politics of Head Start.(Commentary)(Editorials)
The Washington Times;  August 19, 1998 ;     523 words ...The Head Start program is often cited...1965, seeks to prepare disadvantaged children for the (presumed) rigors...stimulation at home. Without Head Start, the argument goes, they...no surprise, then, that Head Start has enjoyed bipartisan...the beneficial effects of ...

Article: BUSH VS. BUSH ON HEAD START
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  August 2, 2001 ;     521 words ......BUSH VS. BUSH ON HEAD START Date: 08-02-2001...programs that help disadvantaged children get ready to learn...programs, such as Head Start, to provide the skills...to books that many disadvantaged children do not get at home...extremely modest. Head Start ...

Article: Analysis: House approves bill making changes to Head Start
NPR Morning Edition;  July 25, 2003 ;     657 words ......making changes to Head Start Host: BOB EDWARDS...making changes in Head Start, the popular preschool...and control of Head Start from the federal...on much of the Head Start bill: Improved...administration argues Head Start has departed from...mission of ...