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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioInvest More In Students Under Age 5

Julia B. Isaacs, August 29, 2008, Real Clear Politics

Julia B. Isaacs calls for both presidential candidates to consider effective preschool programs in their domestic policy platforms. Read More

Education, Children & Families, Head Start

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCandidate Issue Index: Children

Julia B. Isaacs, May 15, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Candidate Issue Index: ChildrenCompiled by Brookings Institution experts, this chart is part of a series of issue indices being published during the 2008 Presidential election cycle. In this index, candidates' views on children's issues are presented. Read More

Children & Families, Education, Head Start, Health Care, Elections

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioInvesting in Early Education: Paths to Improving Children's Success

Ron Haskins, January 23, 2008, House Committee on Education and Labor

Investing in Early Education: Paths to Improving Children's SuccessWhile the nation has been struggling to eliminate the education gap, Ron Haskins testifies on ways to improve all preschool education received by poor children. Read More

Education, Inequality, U.S. Poverty, Head Start, Children & Families

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioSuccess By Ten: Intervening Early, Often, and Effectively in the Education of Young Children

Isabel V. Sawhill and Jens Ludwig, February 2007, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, The Brookings Institution

Success by Ten is a proposed program designed to help every child achieve success in school by age ten. It calls for a major expansion and intensification of Head Start and Early Head Start, so that every disadvantaged child has the opportunity to enroll in a high-quality program of education and care during the first five years of his or her life. Because the benefits of this intensive intervention may be squandered if disadvantaged children go from this program to a low-quality elementary school, the second part of the proposal requires that schools devote their Title I spending to instructional programs that have proven effective in further improving the skills of children, especially their ability to read. Read More

Education, Economic Mobility, Head Start, Children & Families, Race

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioUsing Preschool to Close the Education Gap

Tuesday, September 27, 2005
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC

A public event featuring Governor Mark Warner of Virginia and Congressman Michael Castle (R-Delaware). Both distinguished guests addressed the important role quality preschool education plays in preparing poor and minority children for school. Read More

Education, Head Start, Children & Families

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioSupport State Experiments to Improve Head Start

Ron Haskins, August 26, 2005, CQ Researcher

With no serious changes in Head Start in prospect, and with splintered funding for preschool programs continuing, millions of poor and minority children will still be ill-prepared for the rigors of schooling. Ron Haskins explores policy options. Read More

Head Start, Education

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCompeting Visions

Ron Haskins, Winter 2004, Education Next

Ron Haskins examines President Bush's proposal to reform Head Start and Congress's response. Read More

Head Start, Education, Children & Families

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Future of Head Start

Isabel V. Sawhill and Ron Haskins, July 2003, The Brookings Institution

Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill discuss President Bush's Head Start proposal and argue that, given the vital importance of education to achieving equality of opportunity, the nation must find ways to improve both preschool education and the K through 12 school system. Read More

Head Start, Education, Children & Families, Governance, Federalism

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioHead Start's Future: Perspectives from the Bush Administration, Congress, States, Advocates, and Researchers

Wednesday, May 07, 2003
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative sponsored a public forum to discuss President Bush's proposal to give states the option of controlling Head Start funds and integrating the Head Start program with other preschool programs. The forum brought together policy-makers from the Bush administration and Capitol Hill with researchers and child advocates to consider the advantages and disadvantages of the Bush proposal and discuss the future of Head Start. Read More

Head Start, Welfare, Federalism

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRefocus Head Start on its Mission: Education

Diane Ravitch, January 17, 2003, The Wichita Eagle

Diane Ravitch argues that Head Start cannot close the cognitive gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged children until it has better-educated teachers, better-paid teachers and a determination to prepare its nearly 1 million students for school. Read More

Education, Head Start

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA Fresh Start for Head Start?

Janet Currie, March 2001, The Brookings Institution

Children's Roundtable Report #5, by Janet Currie Read More

Head Start, Education, Urban and Inner-city Schools, Children & Families

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioReviving The Roost: The Return Of The Empty Nesters To The City

Wellington E. Webb, September 28, 1998, 1998 James W. Rouse Forum on the American City

Speech by Wellington Webb, Mayor City of Denver, at the 1998 James Rouse Forum Read More

Demographics, Head Start, Housing, Transportation, Sprawl

In Brief

Since its inception in 1965, Head Start has had modest success in supporting child development and helping prepare children for school. But is it meeting today’s needs? And should states be given more control over the federal program?

Featured Experts

Ron Haskins

Ron Haskins

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

A former White House and congressional advisor on welfare issues, Ron Haskins co-directs the Brookings Center on Children and Families. An expert on preschool, foster care, and poverty—he was instrumental in the 1996 overhaul of national welfare policy.
Ron Haskins

Isabel V. Sawhill

Isabel V. Sawhill

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
The Cabot Family Chair

A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.
Isabel V. Sawhill

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ExpertIsabel V. Sawhill

A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.

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The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers. Read More

ExpertSarah A. Binder

Sarah Binder is an expert on Congress and legislative politics.  Her current projects focus on the politics of federal judicial selection and the consequences of partisan polarization.

ExpertWilliam Galston

Bill Galston, the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies, is an expert on domestic policy, political campaigns and elections. His research focuses on designing a new social contract and the implications of political polarization.

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Martin Baily, a former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, focuses on issues of globalization, productivity and competitiveness, Social Security reform and U.S. economic policy.

ExpertJulia B. Isaacs

Julia Isaacs focuses on public investments in children and how children are affected by national budgetary policies. A former federal budget analyst, she also researches the economic mobility of children and families across the income spectrum.

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ExpertHugh B. Price

Former president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League, Hugh Price is an expert on education, civil rights, equal opportunity and criminal justice. His 40-year career spans journalism, philanthropy, the law, and social advocacy.

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ExpertAlice M. Rivlin

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