“Funding and maintaining programs from Head Start to Pell Grants must be a high priority.” ProgramPrioritiesGrantsMaintainingFundingHead StartPell Grants Author:Ed Pastor
“Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program.” ChildrenImportantPercentProgramThirdsLatinoHead Start Author:Joe Baca
“If we don't cut expensive things like Head Start, child nutrition programs, and teachers, what sort of future are we leaving for our children?” IfsChildrenTeacherCuttingProgramOur ChildrenLeavingExpensiveNutritionHead Start Author:Stephen Colbert
“Does it sound outrageous to you that military spending for fiscal year 2000 will be almost $290 billion and all other domestic discretionary spending, such as education, job training, housing, Amtrak, medical research, environment, Head Start and many other worthwhile programs will total $246 billion, the biggest disparity in modern times ?” YearsDoeJobsSoundEnvironmentModernMilitaryTrainingResearchProgramSpendingMedicalBillionsWorthwhileHousingOutrageousDisparityModern TimesMedical ResearchHead StartJob TrainingMilitary SpendingAmtrak Author:Dale Bumpers
“I was on the San Diego school board for 4 years, where I watched children successfully matriculate into elementary schools from Head Start programs from all around our city.” YearsChildrenSchoolCitiesProgramBoardsElementary SchoolSan DiegoHead StartSchool Board Author:Bob Filner