Head Start

[Flopper]

Eliminating Head Start is one of the most devastating blows to education that Trump could deliver. Children who are not familiar with numbers and counting, letters, and sounds, and basic social skills will find themselves falling being in the earlier grades and many will never catchup.

 

[Dekster]

Eliminating Head Start is one of the most devastating blows to education that Trump could deliver. Children who are not familiar with numbers and counting, letters, and sounds, and basic social skills will find themselves falling being in the earlier grades and many will never catchup.

Probably but then again Head start is rather titled toward certain demographics so you shouldn't be shocked the GOP sees it as unnecessary

 

[SweetSue92]

Eliminating Head Start is one of the most devastating blows to education that Trump could deliver. Children who are not familiar with numbers and counting, letters, and sounds, and basic social skills will find themselves falling being in the earlier grades and many will never catchup.

Where are you reading that Head Start is being eliminated?

 

[Flopper]

Probably but then again Head start is rather titled toward certain demographics so you shouldn't be shocked the GOP sees it as unnecessary

Family income level must be below the poverty level. 60% of the children come from minority families.

However, Head Start targeted the nation's most at-risk children including those living in poverty, children in foster care, children experiencing homelessness, and children with disabilities.

Trump has always hated the weak, the disabled and those who can't standup for themselves making programs like Head Start an easy target.

 

[Dekster]

Family income level must be below the poverty level. 60% of the children come from minority families.

However, Head Start targeted the nation's most at-risk children including those living in poverty, children in foster care, children experiencing homelessness, and children with disabilities.

Trump has always hated the weak, the disabled and those who can't standup for themselves making programs like Head Start an easy target.

Oh you seem to think it is a great conspiracy. I see it as he just cut a bunch of money out of HHS and froze grants and head start is just caught up in the mix. If it gets axed permanently it will be by Congress.

 

[Rawley]

Eliminating Head Start is one of the most devastating blows to education that Trump could deliver. Children who are not familiar with numbers and counting, letters, and sounds, and basic social skills will find themselves falling being in the earlier grades and many will never catchup.

That's what Kindergarten is for.

 

[Flopper]

Oh you seem to think it is a great conspiracy. I see it as he just cut a bunch of money out of HHS and froze grants and head start is just caught up in the mix. If it gets axed permanently it will be by Congress.

There is no conspiracy and no national emergencies that Trump is using to set aside legislation and the constitution. Our republican congress is not going to axe all the programs and agencies. When people back home start seeing all the problems caused by Trump's chainsaw freak, congressmen up for election won't be taking the blame. There are lots of cuts that really effect people lives such as cuts in local health services, parks that lack personnel to open, school grants that are not being sent to their school, cuts in healthcare for the homeless, cuts to free and reduced lunches, funding for programs for the mentally ill, social security offices closing, funds for children vaccinations, Head Start closing, cutting healthcare for vets. etc, etc.

 

[SweetSue92]

Family income level must be below the poverty level. 60% of the children come from minority families.

However, Head Start targeted the nation's most at-risk children including those living in poverty, children in foster care, children experiencing homelessness, and children with disabilities.

Trump has always hated the weak, the disabled and those who can't standup for themselves making programs like Head Start an easy target.

Again. Where did you read that Head Start is being eliminated?

Anything at all here or just wishcasting?

 

[WelfareQueen]

Eliminating Head Start is one of the most devastating blows to education that Trump could deliver. Children who are not familiar with numbers and counting, letters, and sounds, and basic social skills will find themselves falling being in the earlier grades and many will never catchup.

Head Start has never been successful at its stated mission which is to improve academic performance throughout life. The reality is virtually all academic gains completely decay by 4th grade. This was well known when I was in graduate school in the early 90's.

If you do even a cursory search you can see this. I know you are well-meaning, but like many people of your ilk on the Left you know nothing of real world problems, their causality, or any workable solutions. Educate yourself about Head Start before expressing uninformed opinions.

 

[Flopper]

Again. Where did you read that Head Start is being eliminated?

Anything at all here or just wishcasting?

Head Start regional office closure impacts 15,000 kids in Washington

The Head Start Regional Office serving Idaho and Washington, among others, has closed under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s direction. Joel Ryan from the Washington Association of Head Start says 15,000

www.nbcrightnow.com

Head Start child care programs are still unable to access federal money after Trump's funding freeze

Programs serving 20,000 children have faced funding delays since the Trump administration announced (and then announced rescinding) a temporary freeze on federal aid last week.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[progressive hunter]

Eliminating Head Start is one of the most devastating blows to education that Trump could deliver. Children who are not familiar with numbers and counting, letters, and sounds, and basic social skills will find themselves falling being in the earlier grades and many will never catchup.

let the states take it up,,

 

[Flopper]

Head Start has never been successful at its stated mission which is to improve academic performance throughout life. The reality is virtually all academic gains completely decay by 4th grade. This was well known when I was in graduate school in the early 90's.

If you do even a cursory search you can see this. I know you are well-meaning, but like many people of your ilk on the Left you know nothing of real world problems, their causality, or any workable solutions. Educate yourself about Head Start before expressing uninformed opinions.

I think I'm pretty familiar with Head Start. I worked in a large school district for a number of years and my daughter taught in Head Start for 4 years.

Federal funding for Head Start is 12.2 billion, 4% of the DOE budget.

 

[WelfareQueen]

Head Start regional office closure impacts 15,000 kids in Washington

The Head Start Regional Office serving Idaho and Washington, among others, has closed under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s direction. Joel Ryan from the Washington Association of Head Start says 15,000

www.nbcrightnow.com

Head Start child care programs are still unable to access federal money after Trump's funding freeze

Programs serving 20,000 children have faced funding delays since the Trump administration announced (and then announced rescinding) a temporary freeze on federal aid last week.

www.nbcnews.com

Head Starts' sole mission is to improve academic performance. Virtually all academic gains are lost by the 4th grade. This has been known for 40 years or more. Some studies claim ancillary benefits unrelated to academic performance, but this is debatable.

Regardless, Head Start does not succeed at all at its started goal. Instead of pouring billions into a failed program maybe examine ways that improve academic performance long term that are not failures.

I know this is anathema to the Left, but maybe at least look at alternatives that could actually work. It's a thought.

 

[WelfareQueen]

I think I'm pretty familiar with Head Start. I worked in a large school district for a number of years and my daughter taught in Head Start for 4 years.

Federal funding for Head Start is 12.2 billion, 4% of the DOE budget.

Then you are aware any academic gains decay by 4th grade. So, why do you support a program that fails at its stated mission?

 

[WelfareQueen]

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/08/03/report-scant-scientific-evidence-for-head-start-programs-effectiveness

The science is not debatable. Thousands of studies have been done over 50 years. Head Start is ineffective at improving Children's academic performance long term.

Does Head Start have some possible ancillary benefits? Probably, but that is not what the Program claims to do or what the billions of dollars spent are supposed to do. If funding continues for Head Start for non-academic reasons, than state those reasons and have measurable goals.

Unkotare I know you are a reasonable person. Educate yourself about Head Start. Google "Do Head Starts' Academic gains last?" The research was discussed when I was in Graduate School in the early 1990's. Head Start is a failure at its stated mission.

 

[Unkotare]

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/08/03/report-scant-scientific-evidence-for-head-start-programs-effectiveness

The science is not debatable. Thousands of studies have been done over 50 years. Head Start is ineffective at improving Children's academic performance long term.

Does Head Start have some possible ancillary benefits? Probably, but that is not what the Program claims to do or what the billions of dollars spent are supposed to do. If funding continues for Head Start for non-academic reasons, than state those reasons and have measurable goals.

Unkotare I know you are a reasonable person. Educate yourself about Head Start. Google "Do Head Starts' Academic gains last?" The research was discussed when I was in Graduate School in the early 1990's. Head Start is a failure at its stated mission.

I don't need to Google it. I'm well aware. I think you are looking at it the wrong way. It's called Head Start, not Carry Forever. It's like saying training wheels don't work because some people still fall off their bicycles later on when the training wheels have been removed. If people fall behind later in their education, that's on them, their teachers, and most importantly their parents. It's just a boost out of the gate to give kids who need it a fighting chance.

 

[WelfareQueen]

I don't need to Google it. I'm well aware. I think you are looking at it the wrong way. It's called Head Start, not Carry Forever. It's like saying training wheels don't work because some people still fall off their bicycles later on when the training wheels have been removed. If people fall behind later in their education, that's on them, their teachers, and most importantly their parents. It's just a boost out of the gate to give kids who need it a fighting chance.

I don't have a problem with that, but if so, change the parameters and stated goals of the Program. My wife has an education degree and taught first grade for many years. When I asked her about Head Start, she called it "a glorified babysitting program."
Her exact words. In her County in Missouri, she said almost all the Head Start employees had high school degrees and were not trained. True educational activity was minimal or poor. My wife does think there might be some socialization benefits, which I agree with, but that is not what the Program is funded to do, nor its stated goals.

What exactly is Head Start? Tell the Taxpayers. What is it supposed to do? Can those goals be measured? Is it worth it for the cost? I am okay with funding Head Start if it actually does what is says it will do and helps kids' long term. If not, pull the plug.

 

[TNHarley]

He is not eliminating head start. Good golly ms molly.
The lies and ignorance about what he is actually doing blows my fucking mind.

 

[Flopper]

I think I'm pretty familiar with Head Start. I worked in a large school district for a number of years and my daughter taught in Head Start for 4 years.

Federal funding for Head Start is 12.2 billion, 4% of the DOE budget.

Head Start prepares children for elementary school and has been a success. Putting the failure on elementary schools onHead Star

Head Start has never been successful at its stated mission which is to improve academic performance throughout life. The reality is virtually all academic gains completely decay by 4th grade. This was well known when I was in graduate school in the early 90's.

If you do even a cursory search you can see this. I know you are well-meaning, but like many people of your ilk on the Left you know nothing of real world problems, their causality, or any workable solutions. Educate yourself about Head Start before expressing uninformed opinions.

According to a 2021 study by the National Institute for Early Education Research, children without access to high-quality early childhood education (ECD) programs such as Head Start are 25% more likely to drop out of school and 60% more likely to never attend college.

My daughter is an elementary school teacher who teaches kindergarten and 1st grade. According to her preschool or Head Start makes a huge difference. Disadvantage children that show up in Kindergarten or 1st grade with no previous schooling are lost from day one on. Children that are not familiar with letters and number can't be taught reading or elementary math. Often these children are not fully toilet trained and lack the social skills needed to interact with the class and that hurts the whole class. Some of the brightness kids will catchup by 4th grade as you mentioned but many will never catch up.

 

[Unkotare]

Head Start prepares children for elementary school and has been a success. Putting the failure on elementary schools onHead Star

According to a 2021 study by the National Institute for Early Education Research, children without access to high-quality early childhood education (ECD) programs such as Head Start are 25% more likely to drop out of school and 60% more likely to never attend college.

My daughter is an elementary school teacher who teaches kindergarten and 1st grade. According to her preschool or Head Start makes a huge difference. Disadvantage children that show up in Kindergarten or 1st grade with no previous schooling are lost from day one on. Children that are not familiar with letters and number can't be taught reading or elementary math. Often these children are not fully toilet trained and lack the social skills needed to interact with the class and that hurts the whole class. Some of the brightness kids will catchup by 4th grade as you mentioned but many will never catch up.

There was no preschool when I was that young, and a whole lot of people turned out ok.