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Head Start Compromise in Senate...WashPost says "show us the money!"

Post editorial describes a Senate compromise between Head Start backers who say learning is most important and those who say health and social development should take precedence. Any good program will include both, of course. Post also reports that the legislation proposes $7.9 billion in Head Start funding, less than the newspaper says is needed but more than than the $6.8 billion the White House had offered. The editorial urges greater cooperation and coordination between state pre-k programs and Head Start. I renew my suggestion that journalists go out and take a look at their local Head Start programs to see how they stand financially and also how state expansion of pre-k is affecting them.

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