3 articles from PBS NewsHour, NPR, Los Angeles Times.
The Trump administration proposed new guidelines to deregulate Head Start, the 60-year-old early education program serving approximately 860,000 young children and infants. The administration says the changes would reduce costs and allow providers to serve more children, but advocates and critics worry the overhaul could undermine the program's mission and diminish services, potentially causing some providers to close.
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The Trump administration is proposing new guidelines that would overhaul Head Start and could change how it's run across the country. Launched in 1965 as part of President Johnson's War on Poverty, Head Start serves 700,000 children ages three to five and 160,000 infants and…
It would slim regulation of the 60-year-old anti-poverty program and aim to save money. Advocates worry the changes could undermine the early education program's mission.
The Trump administration proposed an overhaul of Head Start it says would curb costs and allow providers to serve more children. But critics say the changes would diminish program services or, in some cases, cause them to close altogether.
