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Budget 2011: With Head Start Failing, White House Proposes $9.3 billion for New Preschool Program

Posted February 1st, 2010 at 4:00pm in Education 2 Print This Post Print This Post

While the federal government already spends as least $25 billion on the existing 69 preschool and child care programs, the Obama administration is calling for #70—proposing $9.3 billion for a new “Early Learning Challenge Grant”. As we wrote last year, the Early Learning Challenge Grant fund would push states to spend more on preschool programs, when evidence is mounting that preschool programs aren’t delivering the benefits their proponents promise.

Given the recent national evaluation showing that the nation’s 45 year and $167 billion experiment with Head Start has been a failure, shouldn’t the Obama administration be living up to their programs of “funding what works” by reforming rather than expanding federal spending on preschool?

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2 Responses to “Budget 2011: With Head Start Failing, White House Proposes $9.3 billion for New Preschool Program”

  1. Bobbie Jay on February 1st, 2010 at 4:00pm said:

    The best answer to this is have the parents start building day care business. This would help those who complain their children aren’t appropriately fed and not being taught according to their cultures, (which is their personal lifestyle) a violation of the constitution when paid at tax payers expense. There is accountability when it is in the free market.

  2. Bobbie Jay on February 1st, 2010 at 4:00pm said:

    put the rightful responsibility on the ones rightfully responsible…parents/guardian, whatever.

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