In a post on the HuffingtonPost blog Sen. Edward Kennedy describes the key characteristics of the long-delayed Head Start reauthorization bill. He doesn't mention that the bill eliminates the National Reporting System, the test-based accountability system that Head Start advocates hated and many early childhood education and assessment experts said was so badly flawed it was a waste of time. But the National Head Start Association says the demise of the NRS is one of its most important provisions. If President Bush signs the bill or not it's a big story with plenty of localization possibilities. The program itself would be expanded slightly, teachers paid more, and spending on Early Head Start increased. Watch for it.