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Head Start Under Fire | Durham News
Trump’s administration is poised to overhaul Head Start, the decades-old early education program for low-income families, potentially slashing its strict federal guidelines from 100+ pages to just 12 — shifting control to states and raising alarms among advocates. Critics fear the changes could erode quality standards, increase bureaucracy for vulnerable families, and even exclude undocumented parents in a scrapped version. Former staff worry it may become a hollow shell of its former self, while the National Head Start Association braces for battle. Though final rules could take months to…
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