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The GOP's War on Children

Bruce Kluger | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Fundamentalism, Gop, Dog on the Roof!, Children, Obamacare, Conservatism, Obama, Children?S Health Insurance Program, Politics, 2012 Presidential Election, Colleen Clapp, Bruce Kluger, Women, Rush Limbaugh, Budget, Bullying, Mitt Romney, Medicaid, Mormonism, Parenting, Pell Grants, War on Terror, Education, Michele Bachmann, Wall Street, Rolling Stone, On the Road With Mitt and the Mutt, Head Start, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Gays, Utah, David Slavin, Jack Denton Reese, Politics News

As in most presidential election years, noisy battles have been raging as the nation's political armies gear up for what promises to be an even nois...

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Time to Make High Quality Early Education a Legal Right

David Sciarra | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Head Start, Pre-K Funding, Preschool Funding, Preschool, Education News

Without a legal guarantee to early education, our most vulnerable children will continue to be deprived of the single most effective education reform, and the United States will continue to struggle to keep up with our global competitors.

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Lifting Up Our Youngest Learners

Josh Anderson | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Early Childhood Development, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Programs, Head Start, Pre-Kindergarten, Early Head Start, Chicago Education, Pre-K Education, The Week of the Young Child, Chicago News

As a community, we must continue our commitment to raising the bar for our early learning centers and closing the school readiness gap for our city's future leaders.

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Head Start Agencies Slam Obama Administration

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Child Poverty, Edward Waters, Administration for Children and Families, Kathleen Sebelius, Ron Herndon, George H. Sheldon, Head Start Recompetition, Hhs, Obama, Early Childhood Education, Head Start, Barack Obama, Ece, Parents News

For decades, Head Start programs around the country didn't have to worry about getting their funding renewed. It was rare that a center lost its gover...

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Christine Quinn, City Council Calls Mayor Bloomberg's Cuts To Children's Service "Unacceptable"

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 04.18.2012

Hundreds of parents, children and teachers gathered on the steps of New York's City Hall Tuesday to protest Mayor Michael Bloomberg's budget plan, whi...

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'Crisis' In U.S. Preschools As Spending Drops, Enrollment Climbs

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Education News, Nieer, Early Education, Education, Early Education Funding, Arne Duncan, Pre-School, James Heckman, 112th Congress, Head Start, Steven Barnett, Rutgers University, Stimulus Fund, Education Reform, Education Funding, Education News

Before Diamande Montague started preschool, she was the kind of kid who clung to her mother's skirt. When she and her mom went outside and other kids ...

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Harkin, Ryan Spar Over Littlest Learners

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Education News, Education, American Federation of Teachers, Ryan Budget, Randi Weingarten, National Education Association, Preschool, Tom Harkin, 112th Congress, Early Childhood Education, Head Start, Election 2012, Ed-Lection 2012, Barack Obama Education, Paul Ryan, Dennis Van Roekel, Education News

Even as a growing body of research attests to the importance of early childhood education as an antidote to poverty, the House is preparing to pass a ...

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Head Start Agencies Sue Over Strict New Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Boston, Video, Department of Health and Human Services, Pre-School, President Barack Obama, Ohio, Head Start Recompetition, Obama Administration, Head Start, Early Childhood Education, Head Start Recompetition 2012, Pre-K, Education Funding, Early Head Start, Education News

Not long ago, Bob Ruseau, a stay-at-home dad who lives in Medford, Mass., ran into an old friend from the neighborhood who said she was surprised by h...

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Closing the App Gap

Lesli Rotenberg | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Pbs, Digital Media, App Gap, Apple Ipad, Apps, Kids, Common Sense Media, Raising Children, iPhone Apps, Digital Divide, Kids and Technology, Head Start, Parents News

Some will continue to debate whether apps are appropriate for kids at all -- regardless of income. But we've found that not only are touch screen apps intuitive and age-appropriate for young children, they also have powerful learning potential.

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Doubling-Down on Dumb: The GOP War on Being Smart

Peter Smirniotopoulos | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Rick Scott, Chris Christie, Education, Higher Education, Education Reform, Scott Walker, Wisconsin, American Federation of Teachers, President Obama, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Teachers Union, Texas, New Jersey, 2008 Presidential Race, u.s. Department of Education, Florida, Newt Gingrich, Economy, Economic Crisis, Early Head Start, Head Start, Economic Recovery, Elections 2012, 2012 Election, Education News

We're supposed to be exploring every conceivable alternative for turning the domestic economy around. So why are Republicans, at state and federal levels, waging a rhetorical, legislative, and administrative War on Education?

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Bing And City Council At Odds Over Who Fate Of Department Of Human Services

Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Detroit Department of Human Services, Detroit Head Start Program, Detroit Corruption, Dave Bing, Michigan Department of Human Services, Detroit Fiscal Crisis, Hud, Detroit Mayor Bing, Head Start, Detroit City Council, Housing and Urban Development, Detroit Block Grants, Video, Detroit News

The Detroit Department of Human Services faces an uncertain future as Mayor Dave Bing's administration and state and federal authorities plan to disso...

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Another Blow For Department Of Human Services

Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Detroit Department of Human Services, Detroit DHS, Detroit Education, Detroit Corruption, Head Start, Head Start Program, Detroit Head Start, Detroit Politics, Detroit News

Detroit's Department of Human Services, riddled with allegations of corruption, will no longer distribute the city's federal Head Start funding. Ac...

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Senator Planning Early Education Bill To Help Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Education News, Early Education, Education, No Child Left Behind, Tom Harkin, Al Franken, James Heckman, 112th Congress, Early Childhood Education, Head Start, Pre-Kindergarten, Education Reform, Pre-K, Senator Tom Harkin, Education News

When Sen. Tom Harkin asked a panel of education experts at a Thursday Senate committee hearing how they would improve the country's public schools, he...

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Desperately Working to Stay Afloat

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Economy, Economic Crisis, Working Poor, Child Poverty, Safety Net, Food Stamps, Welfare, Minimum Wage, Underemployment, Head Start, Living Wage, Politics News

At one time, the Nations owned a home. But like so many other American families, their standard of living has declined over the past decade even though they are a two-parent working family.

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Our Sacred Obligation

Sen. Bob Casey | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Save the Children Movement, Head Start, Head Start Programs, Julianne Moore, Save the Children, Early Head Start, Early Childhood Education, Jullian Moore Save the Children, Early Childhood Education Programs, Education News

Children who learn more today earn more tomorrow, and the earlier children are exposed to quality learning opportunities, the better off they are.

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Kids Missing From State of the Union

Billy Shore | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Head Start, Head Start Funding, Head Start Programs, National Head Start Association, Head Start Obama, Early Head Start, Education News

One of the president's principal themes was the need to address income inequality, but Obama missed an opportunity to tell the nation not only what it wants to know, but what it needs to know.

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It's Got To Come Down To Cases, Not Rhetoric

Jared Bernstein | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Head Start Reviews, Romney Social Security, Mitt Romney, Head Start, Head Start Programs, Romney Entitlement Programs, Romney Medicare, Romney 2012, Politics News

Mitt's "will the United States be an entitlement society or an opportunity society?" is vapid and misleading. Not just a false choice, but an illogical one, like saying "we must decide whether to grow food or eat food."

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American Dream At Stake Before School Starts

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Income Gap, Education, Achievement Gap, Race to the Top, u.s. Department of Education, Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge, Early Childhood Education, Head Start, Pre-K, Education Reform, Brookings Institution, Barack Obama, Education News

As states revamp their early childhood education to grab a slice of federal education dollars, some education experts are urging policymakers to look ...

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The 1 Percent Indifferent to Their Indebtedness

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Social Security, Debt, Elizabeth Warren, Patriotic Millionaires, Medicaid, Super Committee, Bush Tax Cuts, Deficit, Deficit Super Committee, Medicare, Head Start, Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength, Brent T. White, The 99 Percent, Underwater Mortgages, The 1 Percent, Business News

Americans don't like debt, including bills owed by their government. It weighs on them, even when it's to create jobs and speed recovery. That's why there was a deficit Super Committee. But for the majority of millionaires, incurring debt does not evoke anxiety.

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How The Super Committee's Failure Hurts K-12 Spending

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Education News, Education, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, Arne Duncan, National Education Association, Debt Deal, Teachers Unions, 112th Congress, Head Start, Barack Obama, Jack Jennings, Education Spending, Education News

Seventy thousand teaching jobs. More than one billion in Title I grants to disadvantaged school districts. Nearly 900 million in funding for special e...

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Kick-Start for Head Start

David Kirp | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Head Start, Early Education, Education Policy, Preschool, Education News

There are nearly 1,600 Head Start and Early Head Start centers. When they're run well, the kids gain and those gains stick, but when the program is shoddy the kids are the losers.

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Jesus Never Asked if the Poor Were Deserving

Pat LaMarche | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Super Committee, Poverty, Homelessness, Christmas, Jesus, US Marines, Head Start, Toys for Tots, Tanf, Salvation Army, Holidays Canada, Politics News

Ironically at this time of year and in the name of Jesus Christ, folks who otherwise point fingers seem to drop the accusations and pick up their check books.

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Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street

Michael Shank | Posted 12.12.2011

I am surprised that they did not happen in 2008 at the height of the financial collapse. We've known the root of this discontent for years, if not decades. It has to do with America's growing poverty and income inequality rates.

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Head Start: Making a Good Thing Better

Yvette Sanchez Fuentes | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Head Start, Head Start Programs, Education News

Head Start children need and deserve the most effective early education program possible. We are taking aggressive steps every day to meet our commitments to them.

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Migrant Ed/Head Start Provides Awareness of the Real World to Migrant Kids

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Teachers, Public Education, Public Education Arizona, Head Start Arizona, Education, Head Start, Migrant Workers, Migrant Education, Farm Workers, Migrant Farmers, Education News

While in Tucson I made it a point to arrive early and observe and engage with some of the Migrant Ed teachers and trainers. What I encountered only reinforced my opinion of Migrant Ed/Head Start programs. It is not the program but the people who made a difference.

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